Claire handed me an apron.
“Want to help?”
I smiled.
“Only if you tell me what to do.”
She laughed.
A real laugh.
And as we stood together washing cucumbers, I remembered something she’d told me about her grandmother.
Every woman needed somewhere she could speak and know someone was listening.
For 11 years, Claire had been creating that place for strangers.
I’m finally learning how to make our home that place for her, too.
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