{"id":1445664,"date":"2024-01-15T15:33:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T15:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=799ffe078edfb9647dc7bad6a28eef77"},"modified":"2024-01-15T15:33:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T15:33:05","slug":"our-burning-broken-beautiful-world-thoughts-on-turning-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/01\/15\/our-burning-broken-beautiful-world-thoughts-on-turning-43\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Burning, Broken, Beautiful World: Thoughts on Turning 43"},"content":{"rendered":"
Today is my 43rd birthday. Two decades ago, this milestone seemed improbable, if not impossible. And yet, here I am, living in improbable, impossible times. Having survived what might have killed me, I sit upright and pour tears and laughter into a keyboard, which lets them loose upon the world. Upon our burning, broken, beautiful world… As I celebrate another year on this Earth, I am also taking...<\/p>\n