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. …

the pines were heavy with snow, and Scout had discovered the ecstatic stupidity of trying to catch flakes on his tongue. Susan had grown an inch and a half and now stole my coffee mugs for hot chocolate because she claimed the bigger handle “felt more serious.” Raymond lost three gloves in twelve days and considered this a baffling act of fate rather continue reading …