How The Hummingbirds Saved Me
Every year they come to my yard and help make my heavy grief lighter.

My daughter, Ana, wanted to get a hummingbird tattoo before she died, but tattoos are illegal for children under 16 in New York State. She was 15 years old and it didn’t look likely that she’d make it to her birthday. I could have driven her to New Jersey for the tattoo, except she was extremely anemic and I was afraid she would get an…