NATH
Last night feels like a lifetime ago, but the weight of what happened still sits heavy in my chest as I watch Winter celebrate our victories on the track.
The text message had come at the worst possible time. But some things can't wait, and my nephew's surgery was one of them.
My sister Emma is my twin, though she insists on calling herself my "elder sister" because she arrived three minutes before me. We've always been close, but her son Jake has become one of the most important people in my world. When Emma told me about the kidney stone surgery, when Jake asked if I'd be "there" with him even though I couldn't physically be present, there was no question I'd find a way.
That's why I'd left Winter, found a quiet spot with good reception, and connected to the hospital's
