“I Opted Out of Christmas This Year — And My Son Didn’t See What Was Coming”

jump of excitement, something I hadn’t felt about Christmas in years. I clicked through every photo, reading every detail, imagining myself in that space with nothing to do but rest and breathe and exist without purpose or obligation.

The price wasn’t cheap, but it wasn’t impossible either. For once, I wasn’t going to talk myself out of something I continue reading …