Nobody Assigned Me the Job Glass Children — Part 7
The list I was kneeling in front of a heating stove with mirrored panels, teaching my 18-month-old brother to crawl. I had worked it out …
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I Thought I Would Have to Marry Him Glass Children — Part 6
Mom almost never had time to sit on the yard swing, but one afternoon when I was five she was sitting on it with me. …
Whose Fault Was It Glass Children — Part 5
People do not usually say it outright anymore. It comes wrapped now. Everything happens for a reason. God gave you this child because He knew …
Where Not to Look Glass Children — Part 4
I have been angry. Angry that my brother was disabled at all. Angry at what it did to my childhood and kept on doing to …
Praised, Never Asked Glass Children — Part 3
Suddenly our mother and father locked eyes at that kitchen table and had the same thought–“when he seized in the hospital his heart stopped.” They …