“My Mother-in-Law Took My Son to an Appointment — At 3 A.M., He Came Home Alone and Shaking”

love.

They were everything.

I turned off the light and closed the door, leaving my son to dreams that were finally, blessedly, free of darkness.

In the morning, we would go to the park again. We would fly kites and be a family of two.

And that would be enough.

That would always be enough.