At My Divorce Hearing I Had Nothing Until The Doors Opened

was still there in her posture, but her face had done something I had not expected. Those eyes, the same specific color as mine, a blue so unusual people had been remarking on it my whole life and I had never known why, were full of tears. Her lower lip was unsteady.

She raised her hand and touched my face with a gentleness that made no sense in context.continue reading …