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

and total. The first time I met her, she studied me for a long moment and then asked whether I preferred dogs or cats. I said dogs. She said she preferred cats but would accept a dog if it were calm enough. This felt like a negotiation and also an opening, and I responded to it as both. By the time Daniel proposed, Emma and I had our own rhythm, quiet continue reading …