Michelle,

Reading this story — it was like a Twilight Zone episode…my father’s drawer, the smell, the bullying at school, the depression, the gun, the movies even — Room with a View! Ah, Still one of my favorites. It was chilling to read a story so similar to my own.

This is a beautiful piece. Thank you for sharing it. I feel honored, as if it was just for me. Of course we’re writers, you and I — so it was just for me, wasn’t it? And for you. And of course, for all of the others —

Peace to you.

J.A.