But I was also braver than he thought. I think most people are, if you give them the chance.
That’s what I learned at eighty, from a twenty-six-pound tumor and a letter in a drawer.
Love can keep secrets. But secrets can’t keep love safe. They just leave the people you love alone with what they don’t know.
Robert’s lie kept me from the truth for twelve years. Daniel’s silence kept him from his father for twelve years. My silence about my own body nearly kept me from all of them.
Now, in my family, we have a rule. We made it at Sunday dinner in December, all of us around the table, with Evelyn there too.Plan Family Trips
If something’s wrong, you say it. Out loud. At the table. Even when it’s frightening. Even when you think it will hurt someone you love.
