I Raised My Brother’s Daughters For Fifteen Years Until He Gave Me A Sealed Envelope

in it, with presence. I put Dora in the center of my bed and she stayed asleep. I made up the couch with spare blankets for Jenny and Lyra, who were both awake, and I sat on the floor between them and answered questions until the questions ran out, and then I sat with them until they slept, and then I sat with the dark and the quiet for a while longer continue reading …