The Closing of an Airplane Door Killed an Entire Way of Life for Me

When everything you’ve ever known changes in an instant

Image by Sasin Tipchai from Pixabay

Prior to my fifth birthday, I had never seen an apple.

There I was, sitting on an airplane bound for the US, when a flight attendant handed me this shiny, round, red thing that sort of looked like a ball. I held it in my small hands…