Starting Over From Scraps
We found a run-down cottage on the edge of town. Mold in the bathroom. Stained carpets. But it was ours.
I worked double shifts at a local bar. Waitressing by night, crying quietly by morning.
Benny adjusted. Children do. But sometimes I caught him whispering to his teddy bear, the one Zach gave him: “Tell Daddy I miss him.”

