Six Years After One of My Twin Daughters Died, My Second One Came from Her First Day at School, Saying: ‘Pack One More Lunchbox for My Sister’

Sneakers pounded and laughter spilled out, mine mixed with theirs as we ran.

No one could give me back the years I lost.

But from here on out, every memory was mine to make. And no one would ever steal another day.

These moments were ours now.