Whose Fault Was It Glass Children — Part 5
People do not usually say it outright anymore. It comes wrapped now. Everything happens for a reason. God gave you this child because He knew …
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Where Not to Look Glass Children — Part 4
I have been angry. Angry that my brother was disabled at all. Angry at what it did to my childhood and kept on doing to …
Praised, Never Asked Glass Children — Part 3
Suddenly our mother and father locked eyes at that kitchen table and had the same thought–“when he seized in the hospital his heart stopped.” They …
Breathing Funny Glass Children — Part 2
Rick’s whole first year, our mother put her hand through the crib slats on his chest, becoming a human apnea monitor through every night. After …
Kiss Him so as Not to Wake Him Glass Children — Part 1
I was thirty-seven months old when my brother came home. That year was counted in minutes, hours, days, weeks, then months. The first thing I …