This Is How It Always Is

by Laurie Frankel

Carmelo looked at her daughter. “For the moment’s all there is, my darling.”

“You find out you’re not alone. And so does everyone else. That’s how everything gets better. You share your secret, and I’ll do the rest. You share your secret, and you change the world.”

“Story is the best magic there is.”

“All the happy with none of the finality. All the happy with room enough to grow. What could be better than that?”