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
A short walk.
Volunteer work at a community arts center.
Grocery shopping.
Reading.
Lunch with a neighbor.
Sometimes absolutely nothing.
That last activity was unexpectedly difficult.
For years, I’d measured the usefulness of a day by how many things I’d completed for someone else.