The summer before my only child, Soon-to-be-Abandoned, went to college, I went into mourning. Stunned by its depth, I struggled to find ways to hold on to my son. Mr. NYer and I cagily planned the perfect summer vacation that year, a five-day rafting trip down the Colorado River in Cataract Canyon, guaranteed to provide [...]
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