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Position as a federal judge came to my house. our family had just finished a weekend celebration in honor of our son daniel mark. his 20th birthday. daniel and i went downstairs to the basement and we were chatting as we always do. and daniel said, mom, let's keep talking. i love talking to you, mom. and it was at that exact moment that the door bell rang and daniel looked at me and said, who is that? and before i could say a word, he sprinted upstairs. within seconds, i heard the sound of bullets and someone screaming, no! i later learned that this

Everything. i remember, he was swinging a wiffle bag back and forth. >> always swinging a sports stick. >> always swinging something. and mark had come down for a second. mark, i tell everyone. that was his buddy, his sports buddy. but i was his confidante. so he was pouring his heart out to me and he said, mom and i are talking. so mark bolted up the stairs and danny turned around and he said, mom, keep talking to me. i love talking to you. and it was that very moment that the door bell rang. and he said, his face changed from calm and serene to anxious and concerned. >> alert. >> in seconds....

>> not opening things. >> but it was covid. so we were ordering every day. and my son, i love him to death and he loved my cooking. he did love himself burritos. and they were coming constantly. and it our defenses kind of are just, loosened up a bit. and we all got a little. i have to tell you, again, you know i'm a very spiritual person and i don't believe in coincidences. i always say danny's friends from catholic university said, there is no such thing as coincidences. there's god incidences. danny was in the basement with me. we were cleaning up right before the door bell rang and we were...

Invite friends over on the 17th, a friday night. he was so excited. he was jumping out of his skin. the door bell rang. he would run and get the door and introduce us. look at my mom. she ordered food for us. he was so excited. all the while, the man was outside our door watching his friends one by one come in. it was covid so we were worried. we tried to separate everyone as much as we could. the next morning, you know, i kissed a lot of danny's friends nearby. the ones that stayed were headed to the beach. and i had made breakfast for them that morning. i'll never forget it. i put too much p...

From the July/August 2023 issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: ALA Awards.