The Two Babies I Found Alone on a Plane Eighteen Years Ago Came Back Into My Life With a Document That Changed Everything

the tough one, covered his face with both hands.

Two weeks later, the court granted me temporary guardianship of my seven younger siblings.

I celebrated the news by getting sick in the courthouse bathroom from sheer relief and exhaustion. Then I went home and started learning how to be the closest thing to a parent that an eighteen-year-old could possibly continue reading …