What an Upside-Down State Sticker Really

like it could erase months of abandonment.

His eyes went straight to the cribs, to the two tiny chests rising and falling in unison.

He cried before he even touched them. He asked to hold our son, then our daughter, his hands trembling as if they might shatter.

I didn’t rush to comfort him. I watched, calm, tired, fiercely alive.

Forgiveness, I realized,continue reading …