The first time Daniel stayed with us, he stood in our doorway holding a garbage bag filled with everything he owned.
He was sixteen, pale from exhaustion, and so thin his hoodie looked like it was hanging on a wire hanger instead of a person. Three weeks earlier, a drunk driver had taken his father, mother, and little sister in a single night. Our town didn’t know what to do with grief that large. People delivered casseroles. Teachers whispered. Neighbors shook their heads and called it tragic.