They Gave My Sister A House For Christmas So I Gave My Father One Envelope

was not sentimental, which was another way of saying that I could be asked to give up something that had been given to me specifically because giving it up would be easier for me than for someone else.

“No,” I said. “Nana left it to me.”

The quality of my mother’s face changed. Not dramatically; she was too practiced for drama. But something shifted continue reading …