I Turned My Phone Face Down While My Whole Family Fell Apart

exactly? Lip gloss?”

Ashley opened her mouth. Closed it.

Dad tried another route. He always did when Mom’s theatrics stalled out. “Becky, sweetheart, we’re just blindsided. A month isn’t enough. We have obligations.”

I thought of the exact sound of Emma crying through the nursery glass while I couldn’t move.

“So did my children.”

Mom started crying then,continue reading …