Four people and a plate of cake and the ordinary miracle of a Sunday that was only a Sunday.

Chapter 16 — Learning to Listen

A year on, Kai and I made a real fresh start.

We sold the Austin bungalow and moved to a bright house in San Antonio, where I took a post at a regional children’s hospital.

Kai started middle school and quickly fell in with a boy named Sami who shared his passion for robotics and the night sky.

The nightmares thinned out.