“It came back.

There’s another copy at home.”

It mattered to say that.

I had not sent the only picture of a child’s first day into a silence and left the child with nothing to keep.

Chloe showed a recital program and a graduation notice.

She did not list every event, and she did not imply that a fifteen-minute exchange could account for fifteen years.

The selected records established repeated attempts to inform and include Elena.