she grabbed me. I could see in her eyes that something was very, very wrong. She tried to stay calm, but through her tears, she said something that shattered everything.”Your dad… he died this morning.” I just stared at her, confused. What did she mean? I had just seen him. He was just here, talking to me,
whispering like he always did when something was important. But he was gone. That was the saddest day of my life. And no matter how many years go by, it still doesn’t make sense. How could he have died in the morning… if I saw him that afternoon? To this day, I don’t know how to explain it. But I know what I saw. And I’ll never forget what he told me. “Don’t ever leave Mom alone.” And I never did.