Roots

I read this and liked it, and then I saw the preview - gosh that must have been a shock!

Wow, I like the way you have described your human situation in horticultural terms. Move any established plant and for a good while it will be vulnerable in soil untrue.

This is amazing and brilliant, best thing I have ever read on this subject.

My son was in care for a while and we were told we might not get him back. People thought it was a consolation we might meet him when he was grown up. It is horrific the number of children being taken away from their parents these days. I am so glad for you that you are finding your family at last.

The way you have written this is so pared down, I don't know if I'm reading into it things you did not intend, but I found it extremely moving. "Soil, untrue" a lifetime in two words. Incredible writing

Pure as New York snow. A good description of a grave yard but half-brothers actually seem more likely there's plenty of that going around.