We Begin at the End

by Chris Whitaker

“I just wish there was a middle, you know. Because that’s where people live. It doesn’t have to be all or nothing … sink or swim like that. Most people just tread water, and that’s enough. Because when you’re sinking, you’re pulling us down with you.”

“Death has a way of making saints out of mortals. But with children … there is no bad. She was small and beautiful and perfect. Like your mother was. Like Robin is.”