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

and produce visible results and that would be there in the mornings when I came outside with my coffee and needed evidence that things grew.

“I can’t tell you it’s going to be easy,” I said.

“I’m not expecting easy.”

“Good.”

The night settled around us. Inside, I could hear Dora’s voice and then Lyra’s, the sounds of an ordinary evening in my household,continue reading …