I would not let it become bitterness, and I would not let it become silence.

I would keep him alive for her in the only way left to me, by telling her the truth of who he was, so that even without him, she would grow up knowing exactly what kind of man had given her life.

Chapter 13 — Did Grandpa Know Him

Then Grace turned toward my father, with that same directness, and asked the question that changed the temperature of the room.

“Did Grandpa know him?” she said.