That is the whole of what I have to offer, and it turns out it was the whole of what they needed, and it is the thing I failed to offer for three years and will not fail at again.

Russ, I talk to you sometimes, out in the garage where I do my thinking.

I tell you I’ve got them.

I tell you they’re safe, they’re loud, they’re happy, Ollie has your eyes and Josie has your stubbornness and they know who you were and they know you loved them.

I couldn’t fix what happened.

But I built them a house where the light stays on, and the doors stay open, and nobody ever has to go looking for someone to let them in.

They’re home, brother.

They’re finally, all the way, home.

THE END.