They “Accidentally” Scheduled A Family Cruise On My Birthday For Five Years — So I Started A Tradition Of My Own

at eight (Whose house is that?), concern by nine (Are you housesitting?), escalating alarm by ten (Call us immediately), and barely concealed panic after midnight (Mom, this isn’t funny. We’re trying to enjoy our vacation). The most recent message had arrived twenty minutes earlier from Amanda: Getting off ship at next port, booking flight home. Where continue reading …