At My Father’s Ceremony They Said I Could Not Do Anything Right Until I Walked In And Smiled

you couldn’t say the words. And instead of flying toward it, I let someone tell me it would be a waste of a week.” His jaw set. “I should have gone.”

I did not tell him it was fine. It was not fine. But it was survivable, which is different, and survivable things can sometimes be rebuilt.

“You can come now,” I said.

He looked up.

“I have events,” I said.continue reading …