She came inside, checked how I was feeling, and arranged medical advice about the weakness before we made the next day’s plans.

We did not simply decide that an argument explained a physical episode because it happened at the same time.

That assessment was kept separate from what we would find at the bank.

I was not given a diagnosis by my daughter or by a frightened five-year-old.

Noah went back to coloring once he had Mara near him.

“Thank you for calling,” she told him.

He smiled.