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. …

But anger is useful only when it produces clarity. Mine already had.

“I won’t argue with you on the phone,” I said. “Drive carefully. Tell the kids I love them.”

I hung up before he could thank me.

Patricia came to Tahoe three days later with a laptop, two folders, and the expression she wore when she had bad news but wanted the numbers to speak first.continue reading …