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.”

what those papers stated. I remember Cole’s expression, emptied out in a manner I had never witnessed before and have not witnessed since.

I never watched the box go into the ground. I never cuddled my little girl one final time once the medical equipment turned off. There is a blank barrier in my mind where those memories ought to exist, and past it,continue reading …