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

Enjoy quiet mornings.

Am terrible at keeping houseplants alive unless somebody reminds me not to overwater them.

I love my family.

Sometimes I want to be alone.

Sometimes I don’t.

None of those things requires a chore list.

As the years passed, Santa Fe became home.

I learned which grocery store had the freshest bread.