My Mother Gave Me 24 Hours to Leave So My Sister Could Move In, but I Had Been Preparing for Weeks

level and that I had been meaning to do since before my father got sick.

I bought new curtains for the windows I had hung the temporary ones in, and they fit better and let in more light.

And on a Saturday in November, when the maple in the backyard had gone fully amber and the air had that particular sharpness that means winter is considering its options,continue reading …