At My Father’s Ceremony They Said I Could Not Do Anything Right Until I Walked In And Smiled

from ordinary loneliness the way altitude sickness is different from being tired.

I told him about the transition. Not the details, which were not mine to share, but the fact that it was a transition rather than an ending, and why the distinction mattered.

He listened without interruption, which was the most unusual thing he had done all day.

When I finished continue reading …