At My Grandfather’s Will Reading My Father Said I Would Get Nothing

is everything.”

I learned not to look too long.

The first year on my own was the hardest.

Not because of the work—I adapted to that quickly—but because of the silence.

There’s a difference between being alone and being cut off.

One is temporary.

The other feels like it might last forever.

I worked mornings at a coffee shop and nights at a grocery store. My continue reading …