“You don’t have to protect my feelings by forgiving him.

He made his own choices.”

That sentence was so different from the things Daniel used to say that it brought unexpected tears to my eyes.

He had wanted the family to look peaceful even when it was breaking apart.

Miriam wanted me to say what was true even when it was uncomfortable.

After dinner, we played a card game at the kitchen table.

Miriam cheated accidentally by forgetting the rules.