broken-bones

I had been fortified by trauma, the way a bone, once broken, grows back stronger than it had been.

My daughter breaks both her wrists jumping off of a swing. Her friend, who is five, told her to jump off of it. I promise nothing will happen, she said. But why did she promise that? she wails later at the hospital.

If love breaks more than a heart, maybe it's a sign and time to step out.