My Son Walked Into My New Home Before I Ever Gave Him the Address

said. “You never started.”

He looked irritated now, almost offended by precision.

Claire jumped in. “Because then daycare exploded and the furnace went and Matt changed jobs and your mother said not to worry about it.”

I did say that once.

Once.

That was after their youngest landed in the ER with croup and Matthew called me crying in the parking lot because continue reading …