At 6:00 A.M., My Mother Learned Whose House She Lived In

paying for access to people who didn’t deserve my children.

Then I think about Sophie in her coat, standing by the tree, still hoping there had simply been some mistake.

There wasn’t.

Not until I made one for them.

If this stayed with you, send it to somebody who’ll get it. Some breaks are overdue.

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