I Came Home For Thanksgiving And Found A Note Saying I Had To Care For My Husband’s Stepfather

they were saving it for would eventually arrive.

She had not lived to see their fiftieth anniversary. And he had not wanted to drink it alone.

“Will you have a glass with me?” he asked. “To justice?”

I found crystal glasses in the china cabinet and poured the dark ruby wine, which smelled of plums and old wood and time, and we sat in the afternoon light continue reading …