Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Suerza

n.
a feeling of quiet amazement that you exist at all; a sense of gratitude that you were even born in the first place, that you somehow emerged alive and breathing despite all odds, having won an unbroken streak of reproductive lotteries that stretches all the way back to the beginning of life itself.

Spanish suerte, luck + fuerza, force. Pronounced “soo-wair-zuh.”

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Addleworth

Cover image for the Addleworth word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Ironsick

a group of random devices

Tarrion

Cover image for the Tarrion word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Covalent Bond

Cover image for the Covalent Bond word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows