PART 3   I stared at the hospital bracelet in the lunchbox until the letters of my own name blurred.

eyes and less patience.”

I smiled.

“That’s accurate.”

After that call, I opened Mom’s notebook again.

Grace’s Table.

I had taken it back to Seattle, but I hadn’t done anything with it. It sat on my desk like an assignment from the dead.

One rainy Saturday, I read every page.

Not as a daughter grieving.

As a woman listening.

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