I don’t have an Adam’s apple, but I do have a consistent lump in my throat. You know the feeling—the heavy lump you get when you are deeply sad or right on the verge of tears. That’s it. Mine never seems to go away.

Maybe it’s my chronic indigestion issues or my incessant anxiety. I don’t know. Sometimes I forget about it because it’s always there. But on other days, like today, I feel like I can’t even stop and breathe because the lump just wants to explode out of me.