When Life Takes A Completely Unexpected Turn

<p>My father, Peter Margolis was still struggling with how to care for me on the first morning of my attendance at my new school, the Genevieve School in Yonkers, New York. It was a Wednesday morning, and a light rain was falling. I was quietly sitting on my bed with my backpack beside me and holding my drawing tablet was in my left hand. Then my father came into the room with a glass of orange juice.</p> <p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to leave shortly,&rdquo; he told me.</p> <p>I was unresponsive.</p> <p>At eight o&rsquo;clock there was a ring on the doorbell and my father went downstairs to open it and a UPS delivery truck was parked at the curb.</p> <p>&ldquo;A package for Jonathan Margolis,&rdquo; the man told him.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/illumination/when-life-takes-a-completely-unexpected-turn-78788585847f"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>