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

He’s busy, Margaret. He’ll call you back. He never did.

I pushed the unease down and made excuses for him the way mothers do, because the alternative was something I was not ready to think about directly.

Then Thanksgiving. They went to Carol’s parents. I spent it alone reheating a store-bought turkey breast and watching old movies, and when I texted continue reading …