So, I saved for months. I even picked up extra shifts at the warehouse. By the time her birthday rolled around, I had booked an $11,400 family trip to Japan—flights, hotels, rail passes, everything.
I wanted our kids to see her face when I told her. I wanted her to know how much I appreciated her. But nothing—absolutely nothing—could have prepared me for the text that came three days before the trip.Continue reading…
