HUMANS 101

For the Sandwich Generation, Life Is Often a Cascade of Crises

They say to put on your own oxygen mask first. When the hell am I supposed to do that?

Sarah Stankorb
Human Parts
Published in
5 min readSep 24, 2021

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Photo by Renns Art on Unsplash

We were waiting for X-rays. When I got home from work, our 19-year-old cat was hobbling on three legs, gingerly hoisting a back foot at a pathetic angle. I’d rushed her to…

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Sarah Stankorb
Human Parts

Sarah Stankorb has published with The Washington Post, Marie Claire, Glamour, O, and The Atlantic (among others). @sarahstankorb www.sarahstankorb.com