My Son Chose Christmas With His Wife’s Family Until I Closed Every Account He Was Using

thing you can do is say no to the people you love most.

Helen had said it best, sitting across a restaurant table from me while I cried into a water glass: You can’t set yourself on fire to keep someone else warm. Not even your child.

I had believed, for thirty-four years, that giving was what mothers did. That the more I gave, the more I was loved. continue reading …