The Complexities of Fatherhood: Estrangement and IdentityShe invited me to read the card. *Feel better. Sincerely, Carlos.* After that, things between us improved a little. Out of kindness, he now extends invitations to holiday dinners, and out of kindness, I refuse. Any day now, I should receive a Christmas card, and tucked inside will be […]
**“It’s Andre. What are you doing answering the phone? I thought you weren’t getting out until Wednesday.”**The last time I saw Dre, he wore the sharp gray suit he would eventually wear to Olive’s wake. I could feel the crowd in the visitors’ room watching him as we talked, trying to figure out the deal
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