The Life I Thought Was Over

shape. It learns how to live alongside joy. Feeling happy doesn’t mean you loved him less.”

He exhaled, like he’d been holding that thought in for years.

“I think Dad would like Dan,” he said after a moment. “He’s… steady.”

I smiled. “That’s what I loved about your father too.”

One afternoon not long after, I found myself standing alone in the garage, continue reading …