Denise wrote that the simple sentence had made her cry harder than any kind reassurance offered at the hospital.

Her husband was now home.

They still had an uncertain road ahead, but he was able to sit outside in the morning sunshine.

Denise included a photograph of their dog asleep by his chair.

At the bottom she wrote: I don’t know the person who made this possible, and perhaps that’s the point.

Please tell them we felt like people again.

I read the letter during my lunch break.