But I brought Rig.

You can say hi to him.

He had brought the lizard along in a shoebox with holes in the lid.

They sat on the floor together for forty minutes, a woman who had done unforgivable things and a boy who was slowly learning how to decide for himself what forgiveness looked like.

It was the most generous thing I have ever seen anyone do.

I don’t know if Brandi and I will ever be friends.