The Two Babies I Found Alone on a Plane Eighteen Years Ago Came Back Into My Life With a Document That Changed Everything

other so much as beside each other.

When I finally walked away at forty two, I carried a quiet truth with me. Love was not something a person could hold onto just by wanting it badly enough.

The years that followed were not painful so much as small. I met men who seemed promising. Conversations that sparked a flicker of hope. Relationships that almost continue reading …