I Woke Up From Surgery Alone And Learned My Children Had Been Left On A Porch

come from an absence of people, but from an absence of people who actually show up. I’ve been a single mother for three years now. I understand the difference between the two.

The first kind, I’ve made peace with. The empty chair at dinner. Being the only single adult at a school event full of couples. The quiet of a house after bedtime that belongs continue reading …