The Spoon Stealer

by Lesley Crewe

I’ve never lived or worked on a farm. For someone who has been crippled most of her life, that is an experience I would’ve loved. But the way you described it to me, I feel like I’ve had a small taste of it, and I thank you for that. Someday, Emmeline, you must write your memoirs. Everyone thinks their own lives aren’t very special, but that is so far from the truth. Ordinary lives are just as glorious as great lives lived by great men and women. We are all as important as each other.

“I’m your family, damn you. I am invested in you and how your life turns out. What happens to one member of a family sends ripples through the nervous systems of the others. You are not one individual. You are linked to each other. You belong together.