My Son Said His Family Was Moving In Without Asking but When They Arrived Everything Changed

chosen for myself, in the bedroom I had arranged to suit my particular preferences, and I fell asleep the way I had been falling asleep for three months, without bracing for anything, without calculating what would be needed from me when I woke. Just asleep. Ordinary and complete and enough.

In the morning I would water the garden. I would walk. I would continue reading …