arden or the park just outside the hospital, but you always come to the daycare. I gu

rom the kids, I mumble

tment has a meeting in five minut

ids and, while remaining silent, I tu

the one face which always manages to calm me down without having to do anything

ing. I can’t image receiving the news your child is sick and may even die. I think I would just crumble if I ever had to deal with somethi

and can’t handle telling the parents bad news very well. I know I need to work on it, but I can’t seem to get better at it no matte

next to him. Before he says anything, I sim

me tell the parents the bad news. You know you can

he parents think of me if I have someone else come in and discuss the findings? They may think I don’t know what I’m doing, an

n it on, but I haven’t gone home, and I have never given them my address, so they don’t know where I live. Knowing Evan, he would somehow find a way to

anytime soon. This time, I moved in with my friend Shane. He has a big house with several extra rooms, and I was once again forced to move, so he insisted on me movin

late for work one morning and he came into my room to wake me up. He was instantly surprised by the number of pic

ll the puzzle pieces together to know what had happened. Shane is a very smart person and perfect in many ways. However, he has terrible luck wh

’t ever ask, and I stay away from his social media accounts. I’m actually afraid of what I’ll see when I go there. I know Evan could give

dle-aged man, Dr. Nay, walks in. “Okay,

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ter all the bad things that I had to deal with today. So, I stop at the grocery s

the house seems to be three times as long

g of ice cream out of the bag, along with a plastic spoon, and head over to a nearby park bench. I feel like I’m in a fog, an

always buy this one? I usually like the container with crushed snickers candy ba

t and slowly put it in my mouth a

told him yet. I need to tell him soon, but I can’t bring myself to call him. I ke

shocked, as I try to scrap the container to get just enough for another

empty container in the trash

hane comes around the corner and as

I needed some time to think. It has been a rough day today, and I was needi

MMY, DID YOU BRING ME SOME, TOO?” A

posed to be in the tub taking a bath, or did you just decide you weren’t

augh as he steps back so

like his father’s and whines, “I was going to take

ng anything. “Baby, you know you aren’t to run through the house without clothes on. Now let’s get you back

agreement but stops t

ods his head, letting me know there is some in the freezer. I lovingly look down at my son and say, “I

g eyes, just like his father. “But mommy had ice cream

ld and you have to listen to your parents and Uncle Shane, so no ice cream before

“I bet dad would let me eat ice cream before supper. Mommy, w

ke. How can my

thought I had control of earlier. I swallow h

y is coming soon. I’m not sure

e carpeted floor, he is running off towards the bathroom. I glance over at

s the bathroom, but then stops. He turns back towards me. “You know you are going to have

ght he conceived his child? He will never believe me. I’m sure he doesn’t even re

me of the things he did if you were telling me the truth. I wouldn’t be surprised if Mark not only remembers the

rk was drunk and doesn’t