How totality brought me peace in times of worry

The partial solar eclipse nears its apex at University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point in Stevens Point, Wisconsin on Monday, April 8, 2024.

My body has been roiling in anxiety since the moment I crossed the Georgia state line into my home state of Alabama on my eclipse-chasing journey.

I had to break up the 12-hour drive from Savannah to Arkansas, where I would stay with a group of friends to see the rare phenomenon. I stuffed myself into a small car with three other people and all of our luggage and we drove a miserable six hours from Birmingham to Little Rock. 

Originally, I wasn’t going to travel for the eclipse. From my small hometown in Alabama, I didn’t get a chance to see the eclipse in 2017, and the logistics of planning a trip for the 2024 total solar eclipse seemed like a nightmare on short notice.

First appeared on www.savannahnow.com

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