Three Cups of Morning Coffee at the Oakhaven Diner Changed Everything

after I got back from the diner.”

She reached down, her fingers tracing the silver rim of her travel mug, but she did not pick it up.

“I was just so afraid that if I didn’t take charge, I would lose you next,” she said.

“I know, Clara,” I said, clearing my throat. “But you don’t have to carry the whole world by yourself.”

She looked up continue reading …