his daughter’s first day at school and the small business he had finally opened.
They were not grand declarations.
They were the small details people share when they expect to remain part of one another’s lives.
Reading them was harder than I expected.
In one letter, Daniel described a birthday dinner and added that he wished Thomas had been there to argue about the dessert.
In another, Thomas admitted that he still bought two peppermint candies whenever he stopped at the shop, out of habit.
Neither man had forgotten the
