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. …

She wants us to come up for Thanksgiving if that’s okay. The kids miss Tahoe.”

I stood at the kitchen counter with a grocery list in one hand and the weather report playing softly in the background. Early snow on the ridge. Wind advisory by evening.

“You’re all welcome here,” I said.

“She also wanted me to say…” He hesitated. “She knows things have been continue reading …