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

For a while.

I didn’t want the later years to erase the first Christmas or the mornings the children climbed into my bed.

But happiness isn’t permanent simply because it existed once.

“I was happy when we arranged it,” I said.

“I know.”

“Then I began feeling like I couldn’t say no.”

He sighed.

“You could always say no.”