GS-The turkey was still warm when he said it. I had not returned home…

eyes and a wide smile.

“It’s perfect,” I told her.

She looked around the room.

“Is this your family?”

The question did not carry judgment. Children rarely ask with the same hidden meanings adults do.

I watched Grace placing wrapped scarves near the door. Karen was laughing with another nurse. A father was cutting pie for his son. Northline employees were continue reading …