After My Husband Left on a Business Trip, My Child Said We Shouldn’t Go Home. I Listened

from whatever was happening at home. Instead, it felt temporary and fragile, like we were refugees from our own life.

Lucas immediately climbed onto the bed nearest the window and pulled his knees to his chest. “What do we do now?” he asked.

What did we do now? The question hung in the air like smoke. I sat on the other bed and pulled out my phone, staring continue reading …