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. …

asks whether you ruined her family, and you do not lie to rescue yourself.

Character is what remains when the world would rather sort people into saints and monsters because complexity requires labor, and you choose the labor anyway.

And if that labor leaves scars, so be it. Scars are often just healed places that still remember the shape of the wound.continue reading …