My Son-In-Law Said His Parents Would Be Staying At My Lake House, So I Let The Property Cameras Keep The Record Straight

called my daughter Diane to tell her I’d made it. She sounded genuinely happy for me.

That still mattered more than I like to admit. Diane had been teaching third grade for nine years then. She loved her students.

Loved bulletin boards and sharpened pencils and tiny triumphs most adults are too tired to notice. When she was younger, she used to call continue reading …