My Son Brought A Nursing Home Brochure To My Birthday Dinner And Thought I Would Break

is how love remembers.

Patrick stood beside me at the opening. He did not say much. Renee cried openly, which I understood and did not hold against her. Kendra did not come. That was fine. Not every absence needs to be grieved.

Caleb found the shelves before anyone had finished speaking and came back holding a picture book about a dragon who refused continue reading …