My Husband and Three Sons Were Lost in a Storm — Five Years Later, My Daughter Handed Me a Note That Revealed the Truth

of arguments over the bathroom schedule and who had eaten the last of the cereal. We had five daughters — Elise, Dana, Pia, Meg, and little Lucy — and three sons — Carter, Joel, and Finn. In our house, there was never silence. There was always a soccer ball hitting a wall somewhere, always someone practicing piano badly in the living room, always continue reading …