GS-At the Christmas celebration, I overheard my daughter-in-law proudl…

to strangers and planning to move her family into it as if my life were an obstacle she could schedule around.

The wooden deck was gone.

That deck had been built by Thomas the summer after Julian graduated high school. He had sanded the railing himself, cursing affectionately at every uneven board. We drank coffee there on foggy mornings and watched continue reading …