After My Husband’s Funeral I Came Home And Found My In Laws Packing Suitcases Like It Was Their House

of instruction to Elena outlining exactly what she should do and when.

And then he created what he called a contingency file.

“If they behave like human beings,” he said, “it won’t matter.”

I asked what the file contained. He looked at me with that tired, slightly crooked smile — the one that surfaced whenever he caught himself being more sentimental continue reading …