My Son Brought Home a One-Eyed Ginger Cat Because He Said They Matched – What We Discovered Under That Cat’s Collar Two Days Later Brought Us to Our Knees

isn’t it?”

She didn’t look up. The shovel kept moving, slow and tired, like each scoop weighed a hundred pounds.

“Mrs. Harper?”

She froze. “Oh. Hello, dear.”

“I was just curious,” I said, leaning against the wood. “What exactly are you planting back there? I’ve never seen anything grow.”

The shovel slipped from her hands and hit the dirt with a soft thud.continue reading …