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. …

enthusiastically. Scout stole half a stick of butter and was banished from the kitchen with all the righteous drama of a corrupt local official. Snow threatened and then didn’t come. We lit the fireplace early. Nancy Wilson visited for dessert and left before dark, older and quieter than I remembered, carrying the kind of shame parents wear when their continue reading …