Mandy is recovering from a serious crack habit and a shattered childhood; 12-step meetings, cardio classes and closure fantasies fill her days until a tall, handsome stranger stalks into her life, looking, as it turns out, to exorcise his skinhead past.
When it did, we were shattered, and we stepped back.
A mere 42 seconds into the race, the unbeaten filly took a bad step and shattered the minuscule sesamoid bones in her ankle.
I watch him stepping over shattered bodies, both dead and alive.
After the tragic shooting in Orlando on June 12, many LGBT and queer youth were left shattered, wondering what their next step should be.
With protection and care from the community, children recovering from the quake can start to forget about the disaster and focus on developing their potential – an important step in rebuilding shattered communities.
"I heard a rumble and at first I thought it was the Concorde," he said as he stepped over some shattered plates.
Ali continued, visibly concerned, "There are foreign powers backing these terrorist attacks and bringing them to Lebanon," he said, before being cut short by his cell phone, taking the call as he stepped across the shattered glass of windows blown out from buildings next to the embassy.
The steps were strewn with shattered wallboard.
His party colleagues, untrammelled by his utopian vision, instituted immediate practical steps to rebuild the shattered economy.
