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the maple trees.

Children ran across the yard.

No one stopped them at the gate.

Near sunset, I stood on the porch with Elise, watching everyone gather around the fire pit.

“Do you ever miss them?” she asked.

“My parents and Vanessa?”

She nodded.

“Sometimes I miss who I thought they were.”

“That’s different.”

“Yes.”

I missed Dad teaching me to ride a bicycle.continue reading …