He had enclosed a small amount from the sale of his old truck and asked us to use it wisely.

The money was not enormous, and it did not settle the ownership question.

But holding the note reminded me that a home was supposed to make people safer.

We had become so concerned with keeping the house that we had forgotten to ask whether it remained a place where Noah could breathe.

When Grace asked whether I wanted to keep living there, I paused.

I had been preparing arguments for months, yet I had not asked myself that question plainly.