*Marmie*

The doorbell rang just as I finished getting dressed, and I almost skipped toward the intercom like a little girl. Katie had called earlier to tell me that she had good news but wanted to come over to talk about it.

I didn’t know if she didn’t want to talk it over on the phone because she was scared I could record it, which I did, because I had all my calls recorded, or because she genuinely just wanted to share the good news in person. It didn’t matter, ...