I had expected.
That was the real miracle.
Not that it stopped hurting.
That the wound was no longer load-bearing.
News from Dayton came through Danny now.
He calls every Sunday by video so Marin can show him whatever frightening dinosaur pancake I made.
Our mother stepped away from the church treasurer position, officially for health reasons.
A few relatives who had borrowed money started quietly slipping small bills to June.
She takes them without comment and spends them on yarn.
Sharon still calls cousins on the first of every