A New Normal
A few months later, electricity had returned to Ellen’s apartment, her welfare had been approved, and she had begun a stable life. One day, a reporter from a medical journal came to interview her and the case was to be published as an article, and Karen Keegan from Boston called and the two talked for a long time. Ellen told the children that their aunt, who was not born in Mom’s body, is also alive. Ryan and Sophia nodded curiously, and the spring sun was shining outside the window. Ellen is herself and her invisible sisters. And that is a truth that no one can take away.
*This story is fiction. All characters and events are fictitious and have no relation to real people or events. Photographs are for illustrative purposes only.
