At 6 A.M. My Daughter Texted Me About the Money She Took and Said She Was Gone for Good

both complete in ourselves, but because two whole people choosing to share their lives was a different and better thing than two people needing each other to fill what was missing.

The sunset over the water that evening was the color of embers. I held Javier’s hand across the table and thought about the morning I had woken to an empty chest and a message continue reading …