I called Mom while I was shopping and asked, “Should I bring chocolate cake or apple pie for Christmas?” – Welcome

had decided were safe. My father watched her for a moment.

“She’s remarkable,” he said.

“She is,” I agreed. “She is also part of my life. She has been for a year and a half, and she will be going forward.”

He nodded. Not the nod of agreement, exactly. The nod of someone accepting a fact rather than continuing to contest it.

“I thought I was protecting continue reading …