Dan, my husband, works full-time at the community center doing maintenance on leaky pipes, busted toilets, cracked windows. You name it, he fixes it. He’s always tired, always working with his hands, but he never complains. Not once. We both know what the stakes are. When he gets home, there’s always dirt on his sleeves and love in his eyes.
Our daughter, Maddie, just turned 16. Bright kid. Real bright. Straight A’s, obsessed with science, especially biology. She’s already mapping out which universities she wants to apply to, most of them way out of our little town and way out of our price range. Sometimes I catch her staring at the stars through her bedroom window like they’re speaking only to her.
A teenage girl studying | Source: Freepik
A teenage girl studying | Source: Freepik
