Mom Said The Anniversary Trip Was Canceled Because Of Budget Issues. A Week Later I Found A Facebook Album Of My Family In Paris Without Me. Then She Asked Me For Help

a temporary shelter. I had framed photographs on the wall, including one of my dad from before I was born, twenty-something and laughing at something outside the frame. I looked at it for a while.

My dad would have gotten typed without being asked. That was the honest truth and I didn’t flinch from it. He would have shown up at the hospital, rolled continue reading …