Strangers, at its core, is about the beauty and the struggle of human connection and what happens in those moments when we get closer to someone else, or, say, further removed from ourselves. Often that change is subtle and slow, but sometimes it is sudden and monumental. Here is Lyena Strelkoff. Check out Lyena’s blog.

A version of this story was previously featured on Season 1 of Strangers.

Dean and Lyena
Photo by Julia Sherburne

Dean and Lyena at their wedding

Dean and Lyena at their wedding

Lyena and her son, Aidan

Lyena, Dean and Aidan

Lyena performs her one-woman show, Caterpillar Soup,
which was supposed to run for three weeks and was extended to six months
Photo by Ed Krieger

Lyena performs her one-woman show, Caterpillar Soup
Photo by Ed Krieger