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

could hear the soft tap of her shoes and the faint rustle of her dress and the occasional sound of someone setting down a program.

She walked to the center of the aisle and stopped.

This was not in any instruction anyone had given her. This was Emma’s own decision, made with the composure of a child who has thought something through and arrived at exactly continue reading …