On Mother’s Day, a little girl appears at my door holding my son’s backpack—revealing a truth I was never meant to find.

it,” she said.

She pulled out the unicorn.

It was lopsided. One ear was bigger than the other. The horn leaned left. Purple yarn made a wild little mane down its neck.

It was perfect.

“I tried to make it like he said,” Sarah whispered.

“He said you never threw away ugly things if somebody made them with love.”

A laugh broke out of me, sharp and wet.

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