On Christmas

pink one.

Then slowly, color returned.

Yellow windows.

Red mittens.

Blue hospital blankets.

One day, she drew herself as a superhero with Emma on her back.

The cape was purple.

The boots were covered in snow.

At the top, she wrote: I DID NOT STOP.

I framed it.

Not because I wanted her to remember the pain.

Because I wanted her to remember the truth.

She was not continue reading …