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. …

stay calm, and wait for my son to remember who he was.

The children made that easier and harder at once.

Susan had Vincent’s thoughtful eyes and Linda’s quick intelligence. Raymond was all motion and sincerity, forever arriving places half a second before his own balance. When they came to Tahoe, the house changed temperature. They left socks under continue reading …