GS-At the Christmas celebration, I overheard my daughter-in-law proudl…

that meant handle her, and Julian looked at me with an expression that meant please don’t make me choose. I wished, for one brief, impossible second, that Thomas were still alive to see what had become of the boy who once cried when he stepped on a beetle in the driveway.

But Thomas was gone.

And I, apparently, had work to do.

I did not cry that night.continue reading …