On December 20th, My Daughter-in-Law Texted Me, “We’re Not Celebrating Christmas With You This Year—We Don’t Need You” — I Just Smiled and Replied “Great!” — Then I Canceled the $15,000 Surprise I’d Planned and Spent the Holidays Showing Them Exactly What Life Without Me Looks Like
The Mid-December Cold Snap I have always been a “Christmas Person.” For thirty years, my home was the epicenter of…