10. Two Bipolar Bears in the Woods

Discovering Maura's world and finding joy together outside the psych ward

We pulled off the paved road onto a tree-shrouded lane and after a mile or two, took a hard right on what seemingly wasn’t a road at all. As the truck bumped over potholes and muddy ruts from ATVs galore, I became acutely aware of our surroundings. Beer bottles, burnt trash, and rusty carcasses of trucks that would never see the road again were scattere…