My Best Friend Devoted Years to Caring for My Sister With Down Syndrome—Then He Said Something That Changed Everything I Believed

to one knee in front of my sister among the tomato vines.

I watched her hands fly up to cover her mouth.

He dropped to one knee in front of my sister.

I watched her nod so hard her curls bounced.

That night I cried into my pillow so no one would hear.

Thoughts ran through my mind that made me despise myself:

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