The soup bowls were washed and placed on the drying rack. By four-year-olds.
He rushed to the bedroom.
He stopped in the doorway. His legs gave out. He grabbed the frame to keep from falling.
Jolene was sitting up.
Not propped up. Sitting. On her own. Legs over the side of the bed. Feet on the floor.
The twins were on either side of her, each holding one