“The other day I found her passport in her drawer when I was putting away my dad's laundered handkerchiefs. I wish I hadn't. For the purpose of my story, she should have it with her. I sat on my dad's bed and flipped through page after empty page. No stamps. No exotic locales. No travel-worn smudges or creases. Just the ID information and my mother's black-and-white photo which if it were used in a psychology textbook on the meaning of facial expressions would be labelled: Obscenely, heartbreakingly hopeful.” IfsShouldStoriesWould BeUsedMotherPurposeFoundWishBlackWhitePsychologyInformationExpressionDadBedPagesEmptyShould HaveMy DadSatHopefulBlack And WhiteWornStampsExoticTextbooksDrawersPassportsFacialFlippedHandkerchiefsFacial Expression Book:A Complicated Kindness: A Novel Source: A Complicated Kindness: A Novel
“A few weeks ago my uncle came over to borrow my dad's socket set and when he asked my dad how he was my dad said oh unexceptional. Living quietly with my disappointments. And how are you” SaidWeekDadMy DadDisappointmentUncles Book:A Complicated Kindness: A Novel Source: A Complicated Kindness: A Novel
