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
Some gradually stopped being a choice.
The distinction wasn’t always clear until Thanksgiving morning.
That was what made the holiday so painful.
Not Hawaii itself.
Families are allowed vacations.
Parents are allowed to take children somewhere special without inviting grandparents.
Daniel didn’t owe me a plane ticket.
Rebecca didn’t owe me a beachfront holiday.