My daughter nearly d:ied at home. At the hospital, the doctor told me to take my

placement paperwork for the children while Emily remained hospitalized.

I took nothing from Emily’s house.

No clothes. No toys. No family photographs.

Nothing predictable.

We bought pajamas from a twenty-four-hour Walmart. Lily chose an oversized purple sweatshirt. Noah picked dinosaur socks.

At 3:28 in the morning, both children fell asleep in the back continue reading …