It takes guts to show up for your medical appointment

My son is at the sink washing wet, sticky tissue

While most 16-year-olds have parties to celebrate turning “Sweet Sixteen,”

As I think back on that morning over 40 years

I sat in the back of the chapel and shrank.

When I was ten years old, I was stretching in

I found my father’s training notebook on his nightstand.

At

My mom spearheaded a move for her and my dad

It’s a gut feeling.

That’s what my mother always says.