CNU-My daughter-in-law said Christmas would be easier if I stayed away, and my son did not even raise his eyes to defend me. So I stayed home, alone, exactly as requested. …

did better than I expected and worse than I hoped. He took classes. He joined a financial ethics program recommended by a counselor who clearly had a dark sense of humor. He wrote letters more honest than his phone calls had ever been. Susan answered some. Raymond drew pictures of the lake and mailed them with facts about Scout’s increasingly ridiculous continue reading …