My Brother Said There Was No Room For Me On The Christmas Trip Until They Saw My Vacation Photos

of grief.

She said I had not even mentioned her at the ceremony.

I said I understood exactly how that felt.

She had nothing after that, not really, and I ended the call and went into my contacts and worked through the list, my father, my mother, Liam, and blocked each one with the quiet finality of someone turning a key in a lock they have been meaning continue reading …