At Christmas My Family Told Me To Stay Away But My Response Changed Everything

why the person she hurt insists on dwelling on it.

“I said things badly,” she said. “But you know how people are. I was trying to spare her a hard day.”

There it was again. The excuse wearing the costume of concern. The insult smuggled in beneath the word protection.

“No,” I said. “You were trying to spare yourself.”

She looked wounded. Maybe she was. continue reading …