For my 66th birthday, my son and his wife handed me a list of things to do around the house.
The day my son and his wife returned from their extravagant Mediterranean cruise, I knew the ordinary rhythm of our household was about to collide with the consequences of decisions long deferred.
For weeks, they had been away, basking in foreign sun and the opulent pleasures that travel affords.
They had left expecting the usual order: a home maintained to their…
The day my son and his wife returned from their extravagant Mediterranean cruise, I knew the ordinary rhythm of our household was about to collide with the consequences of decisions long deferred.
For weeks, they had been away, basking in foreign sun and the opulent pleasures that travel affords.
They had left expecting the usual order: a home maintained to their…