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. …

left home before sunrise, came back smelling like courthouse coffee and copy toner, and believed love was something you proved through steadiness more than words. Ellen used to tell me I expected decency to be self-explanatory. She was right. Vincent spent his childhood loving a good man who was harder to approach than admire. Linda, for all my distrust continue reading …