Eight Months Pregnant and Suddenly Raising Seven Children Alone, Until One Quiet Family Decision Changed Everything at His Beachside Wedding

had once chosen for me when I was small. I hung her photographs in the hallway. I placed her wedding ring in a little glass display by the front window, where the morning light could touch it.

I framed her letters and lined them up on a shelf in the living room. Some I have read many times. Others I am saving for later years, when I think I will need continue reading …