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

I disliked scraping frost from a windshield.

Especially one attached to a Buick with nearly 190,000 miles on it.

The apartment gradually became comfortable.

My furniture arrived.

The large ivory dining table didn’t fit the narrow dining area.

I hadn’t properly appreciated how enormous six chairs would look inside a one-bedroom apartment.

Frank suggested storage.

I agreed.