{"id":603,"date":"2026-08-17T16:58:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depthguide.com\/?p=603"},"modified":"2026-08-18T22:13:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T22:13:17","slug":"the-day-he-fixed-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depthguide.com\/?p=603","title":{"rendered":"The Day He Fixed Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tales from the Universe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moral Dilemma:<\/strong> If you could undo the worst mistakes of your life, would you still choose to erase them if doing so also erased the wisdom, relationships, and version of yourself that only exist because those mistakes happened?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren found the door behind a wardrobe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was irritating because he had owned the wardrobe for twelve years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was moving it to clean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His wife had been asking him to clean behind it for approximately eleven of those years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was going to be unbearable about this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Behind the wardrobe was a small wooden door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren stared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their house had no room on the other side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was an exterior wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He opened it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond was his childhood kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren closed the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stood very still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opened it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Childhood kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His mother was washing dishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was thirty-two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She had been dead nine years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren forgot how to breathe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMother?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She turned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere you are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren began crying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His mother frowned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He looked down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His hands were small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He ran to the polished pan hanging beside the stove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A twelve-year-old boy stared back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren screamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His mother screamed because he screamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then both screamed for different reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The day was the fifth of Harvest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren remembered it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not because anything important happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because his mother made plum cake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He sat at the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ate three pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listened to her complain about his father&#8217;s boots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He knew every sentence before she said it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He did not care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When she touched his hair, Joren closed his eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He had forgotten her hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That evening he went to bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He woke beside his wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Forty-three again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren sat upright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEla.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His wife groaned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI saw my mother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She opened one eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They moved the wardrobe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The door remained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ela looked through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She saw an empty room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat do you see?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYour mother&#8217;s kitchen?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo. Empty room.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren opened it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The kitchen appeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo it&#8217;s yours,\u201d Ela said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat doesn&#8217;t concern you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDeeply.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI&#8217;m also concerned that this proves I was right about cleaning behind furniture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren stared at her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPlease don&#8217;t make this about you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI&#8217;ve waited eleven years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren experimented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The door did not always lead to the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He discovered a small brass dial beside the frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turn it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Open the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any part of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At first he only visited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His first kiss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His daughter&#8217;s birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The afternoon he met Ela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His father teaching him to fish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His mother alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Again and again, his mother alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He became addicted to Tuesdays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ordinary ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Days nobody photographs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Days where nothing happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those were the ones he missed most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then he found the red mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One date on the dial had a tiny red line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seventeenth of Frost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twenty-three years earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren knew immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He closed the panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Walked away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Returned an hour later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opened it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A tavern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren was twenty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His friend Kellen sat across from him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Young.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Annoying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren&#8217;s stomach turned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They had been drinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Too much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kellen wanted to walk home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren said they should take the river road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kellen said the forest path was shorter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They argued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren called him a coward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kellen took the forest path alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He never arrived home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They found his body two days later beneath a ridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He had slipped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Broken his neck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren had carried that argument for twenty-three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now he was there again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kellen stood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cForest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren grabbed his arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kellen laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAfraid?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The answer surprised both of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren pulled him back into the chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe stay here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBecause I love you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kellen stared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou are extremely drunk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo are you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They slept under the tavern table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kellen lived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren woke beside Ela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He screamed with joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cKellen!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ela sat up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWho is Kellen?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy friend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ela frowned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou&#8217;ve never mentioned him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren ran downstairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was a letter on the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From Kellen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Living three towns away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren cried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He visited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kellen had a wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A bad knee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A successful brewery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They hugged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kellen seemed confused by the intensity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren did not care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He had fixed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The door could fix things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He began making a list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regrets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arguments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Failures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some enormous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He returned to the day he insulted his brother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their relationship improved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He returned to a business decision that cost his family years of savings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Changed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They became wealthier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He returned to the night his daughter broke her arm because he had forgotten to latch the garden gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Latched it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No broken arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every correction improved something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren became obsessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ela became different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gradually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At first he couldn&#8217;t identify it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She laughed less at certain jokes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Used different expressions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stopped making a particular stew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then one morning she called him \u201cJor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She had always hated that nickname.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat did you call me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBecause that&#8217;s what I call you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ela stared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His daughter changed too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She no longer painted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren noticed because her paintings disappeared from the hallway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhere are these?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYour paintings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI can&#8217;t paint.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes, you can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou used to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren had no answer she could understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He searched the dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The broken arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During recovery, his daughter had been unable to play outside for two months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ela bought her paints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She became obsessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Painting became her profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren had prevented the broken arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The paintings vanished with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He went back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Left the gate open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then waited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His daughter ran outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren knew what came next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He could stop it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She fell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scream tore through him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He ran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Held her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her arm bent wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She cried against his chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren hated himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He woke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The paintings were back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ela called him Joren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stood in the hallway staring at a landscape his daughter had painted at sixteen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ela found him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNothing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou&#8217;re crying.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He told her everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This took hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When he finished, Ela sat quietly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo you let her break her arm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren flinched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo restore her paintings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ela looked toward the hallway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDid she choose that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThen you made the same mistake twice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren stared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe first time you accidentally left the gate open.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She pointed toward the hidden door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe second time you deliberately decided what suffering she should have because you preferred the person it produced.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren felt sick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut she&#8217;s happier.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAre you sure?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe loves painting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn this life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat did she love in the other one?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He didn&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He had been too busy noticing what was missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The door remained closed for months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then Joren&#8217;s mother appeared in his dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not magically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He began thinking about the cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He knew the date she first became ill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ela found him standing beside the wardrobe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI could warn her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMaybe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe could get treatment earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMaybe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe might live.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren touched the brass dial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow can I not try?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ela did not answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was worse than being stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He went back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His mother was fifty-eight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was making tea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren told her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The diagnosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The years ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She listened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then asked:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow many times have you done this?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDone what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cChanged things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren looked away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His mother had always been annoyingly difficult to lie to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMany.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAre they better?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAre you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He began crying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI can save you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMaybe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou died.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI gathered.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI can stop it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His mother touched his face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren leaned into her hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI miss you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCome with me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI can&#8217;t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThen let me fix it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat happened after I died?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren stared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI grieved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don&#8217;t know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So he told her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He and his brother had stopped fighting during her illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ela had moved her workshop home to help care for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During those months, Ela and his mother became close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the funeral, Joren&#8217;s father moved in with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His daughter painted a portrait of her grandmother from memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren started visiting Kellen more often because death no longer felt theoretical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He changed careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stopped postponing things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">None of these were reasons his mother should have died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren said that immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His mother nodded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOf course not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThen I should warn you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPerhaps.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou&#8217;re not helping.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am your mother. It is traditional.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She poured tea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYour mistake is thinking the choice is between a bad past and a good past.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA known life and an unknown one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren looked at her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you save me, perhaps everything improves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPerhaps it doesn&#8217;t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou don&#8217;t know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His mother smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNeither do you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren returned without warning her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He hated himself for that too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was no clean choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apparently that was becoming a theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Years passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stopped using the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mostly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once, after a terrible argument with Ela, he stood in front of it for an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He knew exactly which sentence he could remove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next morning he apologized instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was considerably less efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Joren was sixty, the house needed renovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A carpenter found the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat is this?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNothing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt&#8217;s a door.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhere does it go?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSomewhere expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The carpenter frowned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShould I remove it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren looked at the wardrobe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the brass dial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At every life he might still rearrange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They removed the frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Behind it was brick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The carpenter shrugged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cStrange.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren kept the brass dial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not because it worked anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because it didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many years later, his granddaughter found it in a drawer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat does this do?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUsed to open a door.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo where?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe past.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She rolled her eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGrandfather.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFine. It was part of an old clock.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She examined it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you could go backward, what would you change?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAbsolutely nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She looked impressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then Joren added:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat is a lie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He turned the little dial between his fingers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are hundreds of things I would change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThen why say nothing?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBecause wanting to change something and having the right to rewrite everyone affected by it are different questions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His granddaughter frowned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat sounds complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt became complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She handed the dial back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren looked at the old brass marks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Somewhere inside him remained the young man who wanted another road for Kellen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The father who wanted to latch the gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The son who wanted his mother alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He did not become wise enough to stop wanting those things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He simply stopped believing pain was proof that history had been written incorrectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some things should have gone differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some mistakes should never have happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some losses were simply losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And yet here he was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not the best possible Joren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not the worst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The one who had arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His granddaughter called from the other room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAre you coming?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joren put the dial away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And went forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tales from the Universe Moral Dilemma: If you could undo the worst mistakes of your life, would you still choose to erase them if doing so also erased the wisdom, relationships, and version of yourself that only exist because those mistakes happened? 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