Historical Fiction

To whom it may concern,

Thank you for taking care of my baby, Rosalind. I hope you will forgive me for the unexpectedness of this situation, but I cannot give Rosalind the home she deserves. I hope you will see that she is well taken care of and loved. Please do not let anyone harm her. Tell her I loved her very much.

In firefighting lingo, the flashpoint is the temperature at which everything combustible in a room spontaneously bursts into flame. Applying this principle to our lives, flashpoints are those moments when, for better or worse, a single event or idea ignites--and changes our lives forever. If we can ...