My Son Walked Into My New Home Before I Ever Gave Him the Address

offered me coffee in a mug that said WORLD’S OKAYEST PARALEGAL.

I liked that place immediately.

Rebecca had told me not to come early, but I still arrived twenty minutes ahead because I was sixty-eight years old and had spent my life being on time for people who treated my time like sand. I wore navy slacks, a cream blouse, and the wedding ring I still continue reading …