I Paid For The Whole Family Vacation Until My Son Said I Was Not Invited

acknowledgment of women who have decided they are finished apologizing for the physical evidence of their own lives.

I held the lavender candle, the last one, the one I had packed for the family gathering that did not happen.

The one for James.

The women fell quiet when I took it out.

I set his photograph at the center of our circle in the sand. The walnut continue reading …