My father stood up at the lake house dinner and raised his glass in fr…

every few seconds. Marin slept in the back seat with her mouth slightly open and her stuffed rabbit pressed to her chest.

I turned off the car and sat in the quiet.

Then I opened the notes app on my phone.

I make lists when something happens that I am not ready to feel yet. The list is not therapy. It is accounting. It is how I keep facts separate from continue reading …