“My 8-Year-Old Kept Complaining About Her Bed at Night — What the Security Footage Showed Broke Me”

find things independently. We created a memory book with photos and captions about her life, something she could look at when confused about who people were. We played Vietnamese music from her childhood, which seemed to anchor her in ways words couldn’t.

Emily, approaching her ninth birthday now, had become an unexpected source of stability for Margaret.continue reading …