One of my twin daughters passed away three years ago, but on her first day of first grade, her teacher remarked, “Both of your daughters are excellent students.”

pack inside her bag, her dark wavy hair spilling forward past her cheeks. She angled her face toward the side while she organized her things. That exact posture and that specific lean caused my sight to blur at the corners.

The kid chuckled at whatever the student next to her mentioned, her entire face wrinkling around the edges. The noise crossed that continue reading …