At 30,000 Feet, I Watched My Wife Crawl Across the Floor With Both Legs in Casts While My Mother Hid Her Crutches—Then I Noticed What Was Recording Behind Them
So the family rule became:
Do not provoke Dad.
Her mother said:
“Peace is worth more than being right.”
Clara learned:
Silence prevents disaster.
Then married me.
My mother was not her father.