The Divide
The Divide
“There was too much work and too much tension, both of which seemed to double when, every alternate year, it was their turn to have Benjamin’s mother to stay. In the days when his father had been alive, her parents-in-law had always stayed home and—again, every second year—Sarah and Benjamin had been expected to fly to Kansas, where tensions of a different order applied (most of them between Benjamin and his father) and Sarah had felt more like a spectator than a participant and had been able to... relax a little. Had she been told that one day she would feel nostalgia for those Abilene Thanksgivings she would never have believed it.
The turkey had gone into the oven at eight-thirty and as it cooked, so had Sarah’s temper. Every twenty minutes or so, Margaret came wandering into the kitchen to ask again if there was anything she could do and no matter how often Sarah said thanks, but no, really, everything was under control and going just fine, she would hover, making little comments about how the meal was being prepared.MoreLess
The turkey had gone into the oven at eight-thirty and as it cooked, so had Sarah’s temper. Every twenty minutes or so, Margaret came wandering into the kitchen to ask again if there was anything she could do and no matter how often Sarah said thanks, but no, really, everything was under control and going just fine, she would hover, making little comments about how the meal was being prepared.MoreLess
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