My Daughter Told Me to Watch Her Wedding on a Livestream Instead of Attending

Not an engine running quietly in the background. Not a resource to be extracted from until the extraction is no longer convenient.

The four words I sent in reply to that email were, in retrospect, the first sentence of a completely different story.

Sure. Enjoy your big day.

I meant it, too. Because by the time she read it, my big day had already begun.continue reading …