An Unopened Medical File From a Colorado Lake House Clinic

stiff,” I said, pausing to catch my breath before I spoke. “It will go away once I stretch.”

Susan, my other aunt, folded her arms and tilted her head, her sharp eyes scanning my face from the other end of the couch. She had always been the one to ask the questions my parents tried to laugh off at Sunday dinners.

“How long has it been hurting like that?continue reading …