When She Returned

by Lucinda Berry

Traumatic grief was groundless, a free fall into space. Unless you’d been there before, you couldn’t understand what it felt like.

She pulled me even closer, and I settled in next to her, leaning my head on her shoulder as she nursed Shiloh. I’d been here before. This spot was familiar. I could stay here forever.

“Once you’ve told a story so many times, it just becomes the truth.”

There wasn’t any doubt in my mind that he’d honor his commitment to me, but that was all he’d be doing—honoring a commitment. His heart would always be with her. It always had been.