My Son Left Me Behind on Thanksgiving and Flew His Family to Hawaii—So Friday Morning, I Called Movers and Took Back Everything I Had Paid For
“Margaret, we love having you with us.”
I believed she loved parts of having me there.
The child pickup.
The home-cooked meals.
The household bills being paid.
The repairs handled.
Perhaps she loved me too.
I didn’t need to decide how much.