The hospital did not issue guardianship or make it final by handing me an envelope.

It recorded the existing order for the decisions it needed from me.

“Very serious secretary,” the nurse told Caleb as I checked both names.

“She writes the important stuff,” he said.

“Important stuff,” Dylan repeated.

I signed the hospital releases I was asked to sign and kept my copies.

Separate school forms went into the school folders for delivery to the office.

The order had my name and both boys’ names.