At 30,000 Feet, I Watched My Wife Crawl Across the Floor With Both Legs in Casts While My Mother Hid Her Crutches—Then I Noticed What Was Recording Behind Them

Protect the children from arguments.

Instead I learned:

The person willing to create the biggest conflict gets the most accommodation.

Not anymore.

I could understand Dad without repeating him.

That is what adulthood is supposed to allow.

Sarah took one photograph.

Not of injuries.

Of me asleep in the chair beside Clara’s bed.