“What was their room — or corner, or cot — like, waiting for them?”

Why this question

What you'd prepared, what was hopelessly unready, and what they actually needed in the end.

Capturing it in voice

• ·If a sibling wanders in mid-recording, keep going. The interruption is the memory.
• ·Answer it yourself first, then ask them the same question and keep both. Two voices, one moment.
• ·You don't need quiet. You need now. Record it in the car, on the walk to school, at the foot of the bed.

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