Evelyn
With the way time was ticking fast, it felt like I had none on my side left.
Leo was already on the floor when I pushed his door open, cross legged in his pajamas with three crayons spread around him and a sheet of paper that he was attacking with the focused energy of someone who considered this serious work.
He looked up and his entire face changed. "Mama, look, I drew us, that is you and that is me and that is uncle Julian and that is Amanda."
I crossed the room and lowered myself to the floor beside him, taking the paper he thrust at me. Four figures in a row, different sizes, all with wildly disproportionate heads and enormous smiles, the tallest one wore what appeared to be a red dress.
"That is a beautiful family," I told him.
He nodded with great seriousness. "I am goi
