My Parents Ignored Nine Emergency Calls From My Hospital Bed While Helping My Sister Move

of her white coat ceremony, her name embroidered where a student’s usually goes. I keep it on the same shelf where I once kept a photograph of my family, the one from Lauren’s wedding, before I finally packed it away in a box in the closet, not out of anger, just out of honesty about what actually belonged on display.

I think about that shelf more than continue reading …