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

her life,” she said. “If that’s acceptable to you.”

“It’s acceptable,” I said.

She said thank you in a clipped way that cost her something. I said nothing, because some things do not require commentary.

Kora is doing well. She still sleeps with the lamp on. She still won’t give up her blanket. She asks, occasionally, questions about her grandparents that continue reading …