Journal - Expedition 51 - Frozen Hearts

Thibault, Expedition 51

…shortly after dawn. Death was a kindness, for Maxim was in a great deal of pain. Pain we could not help him carry.
Tomorrow comes,
And it comes for us all.
May it bring you the gift of peace,
And not just the gift of sorrow.
No one else will ever understand. Not the way my fellow expeditioners understand. Maxim. Clément. Fabien. Guillaume. Carla.
We’re bound by something deeper than blood or love. There is a shared unity, a shared trust, born from all we’ve been through.
We carry each other’s lives in our hands. There is no greater intimacy. I’m no longer lost. I know exactly who I am now. And exactly what I am capable of.
Life is not easy. Life was never easy. But we have each other. And that makes all the difference.