My Wife Was Seven Months Pregnant When She Stopped Leaving Bed—Then I Lifted the Blue Blanket and Realized My Mother Already Knew What Was Underneath

Then Clara went home and helped Hope build a solar-system project out of foam balls.

Mars refused to stay attached.

We spent forty minutes looking for glue.

That is what trauma recovery eventually looked like.

Not forgetting danger exists.

Knowing what systems exist if danger returns.

Then continuing with Mars.

The blue blanket stayed in storage for years.