My Niece Grabbed My Daughter’s New Tablet and Said, “Auntie Says I Can Have Whatever I Want” — I Didn’t Raise My Voice

I hold onto them. I guard them against the kind of disruption that creeps in wearing the face of family obligation.

Which is exactly why that Tuesday afternoon hit me so hard.

Emma had been awake since before sunrise. I’d heard her moving around upstairs at six in the morning, unable to contain herself, and when she finally came downstairs she was wearing continue reading …