cnu-At my fortieth birthday party, my sister swung a baseball bat into…

want to bring it?” I asked.

She smiled. “No. It belongs here.”

“What does that mean?”

“It means I survived here. I don’t need to carry the proof everywhere.”

I had to turn away for a second.

Derek pretended to adjust a bungee cord on the car roof, but his shoulders were shaking.

At Penn State, we helped her unpack in a dorm room that smelled like fresh paint,continue reading …