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

this for a moment. “Grandpa said they’d be back.”

“I know.”

“They weren’t.”

“I know, buddy.”

He went quiet for a while, then asked, “Is everything okay?”

“Everything is okay,” I said. “I’m home. You’re home. Sophie’s home. Everything is okay.” I turned off the light.

Downstairs, I opened Instagram. Amber’s most recent post was timestamped ten forty eight continue reading …