“I still need to figure out what floor and paint samples you like best and what kind of wood species Julian will use for all the custom frames he’ll make, but it’s starting to all come together.” She smiles, and I match it with a much weaker one. It’s hard not to feel guilty about the entire project given how invested my family is in making it happen. I try to brush the feeling off, but doubt lingers in the darkest shadows of my mind, never letting me fully enjoy my sister’s hard work. Tomorrow you’ll figure it out, I tell myself. But today… Today, I can’t.
