I Went to Surprise My Husband at Work—His Colleague Looked at Me With Tears and Asked, “He Hasn’t Told You Anything, Has He?”

Hospitals contain overlapping lives.

One room cannot belong forever to the worst thing that happened there.

Neither can a marriage.

For a long time, the previous year belonged entirely to:

Garrett lied.

Then, as time passed, it became more textured.

Maya turned eight.

We planted tomatoes.