One of My Triplet Sons Died Shortly After Birth — Then, on Their 18th Birthday, I Found a Gift Box on My Doorstep Labeled “Happy Birthday, Brothers.”

“Do you want Jules here?”

“Only if it happens by accident.”

It happened by accident three days later, out of Leo’s mouth, and he did not correct it.

I filed it under allowed.

Summer made the yard usable again.

Three young men mowed in shifts and accused each other of missing edges.