I Came Home From A Double Shift And My Family Said They Voted About My Daughter Until I Said One Thing

questions about her drawings and actually listened to the answers. Kora started looking forward to their visits in the uncomplicated way children have when someone simply and consistently pays them attention.

Susan called me one afternoon, a few months in, with a formality that I had come to recognize as her version of warmth.

“We want to be part of continue reading …