At Senior Night, My Husband Joined Another Family

Synopsis

At my daughter's debate-team Senior Recognition Night, my husband walked past us and joined another mother and her son in the family procession. I was still holding the blanket that saved him a seat beside his own daughter. Grant called it kindness. Maya removed his name from her graduation family list. Then his name appeared beneath Family on another boy's yearbook tribute. For sixteen years, I kept his place. That night, I gave his seat away.