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
“That’s enough.”
The Thanksgiving note forced me to confront that fear.
They had decided the holiday without me.
And I realized I wasn’t being included because of all I did.
In some ways, I was being excluded because they assumed I’d continue doing it.
That hurt.
It also freed me to ask a question I’d avoided.
Who am I when nobody needs me to solve something?