Daniel got the call from Aunt Patty the same day he found out April was pregnant. “Dottie’s about to die,” Patty said, getting right to business, which was her way. “Is she in the hospital?” Daniel said. He found that he was surprised by the call despite Dottie’s age. She must have been in her nineties. Maybe it was the news coming on top of April’s good news, but he felt disoriented by the whole thing. “She’s at home. We’ve called hospice.” Hospice. That meant the end was very near. He remem...