My mother-in-law pointed at the door during New Year’s dinner and snapped, **“If you don’t like my rules, get out!”** – Welcome

it so plainly.

“I thought it was one night,” she continued. “I thought we’d have one easy Christmas, then everything would go back to normal.”

“You thought I’d get over it.”

“Yes.”

“Why were you so sure?”

“Because you always did.”

There it was again.

My forgiveness had become part of the family infrastructure.

Like electricity.

Always there.

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