I don't dare touch her. Loss is a knowledge I'm sorry to have. Perhaps the only thing worse than experiencing it, is watching it replay anew in someone else--all the awful stages picking up like a chorus that has to be sung.
Lauren DeStefanoIt isnโt a perfect place. There are no perfect places. But nobody cares about perfection when there are sand castles to build and kites to chase, children that are being born, old hearts that are giving in.
Lauren DeStefanoBefore I can process whatโs happening, Deirdre has opened her hands and Linden has taken the ring from her and slipped it onto my finger. โRhine Ashby,โ he says. โMy wife.
Lauren DeStefano