weeks had passed since my little boy died at the hospital.
His tiny clothes were still folded on the changing table exactly where I had placed them.
The packages of diapers remained sealed.
His stroller sat boxed beside the closet.
Thomas and I had assembled it once and pushed it down the hallway as practice before packing it away again.
Now Thomas was gone too.
A week earlier, I had walked into our bedroom and found him packing a suitcase.
“You’re really leaving me?” I’d said.
“I can’t stay here,”