There Was No Seat for Me at the Luxury Restaurant. By Dessert, They Regretted It

is a thing I do before events with my family: I give myself extra time, which I then spend second-guessing whatever I’ve chosen to wear. I’d bought the dress specifically for today — navy wrap, mid-length, the kind of thing that says I tried without saying I’m trying too hard. I’d borrowed pearl earrings from a box in my closet that I only opened for continue reading …