My Family Told My Daughter There Was No Room At Christmas While I Worked A Hospital Shift

for architecture. Not because anyone forced her. Because it made her happy.

“I like designing spaces where people feel like they belong,” she told me one day.

I had to step into another room because that sentence nearly took me out at the knees.

Last Christmas, Aunt Elaine invited us to a small dinner. I asked Abby if she wanted to go.

“Will there be room?continue reading …