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. …

when time does not slow down; it clarifies. Her words did not ring in my ears. They arranged the previous five years. Every question about my estate. Every suggestion I should sell. Every effort to edge me outward and label that exclusion practical. Every time Vincent chose the path of least resistance and called it peace.

Troublesome.

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