My Parents Took the $22,000 Hawaii Trip I Paid For

have been to reassure her.

It’s okay.

Don’t worry.

You did your best.

But some things are not okay just because they are survivable. Some wounds do not need to be minimized to prove you have healed.

My mother looked at the skyline.

“I thought family meant keeping everyone together.”

“For you, maybe.”

“And for you?”

I thought about Savannah’s note.

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