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we never turned around.”

That night, after the tables were cleared and the children had fallen asleep, I stood alone on the porch.

The farmhouse windows glowed behind me. Crickets sang near the pond. A breeze moved through the orchard and carried the last trace of cinnamon into the darkness.

For most of my life, I thought peace meant keeping everyone continue reading …