A 19th Summer (#225)

This unique time may even lead some families to consider if they previously spent their time and energy on things that didn’t actually serve the interests of the entire family.

This past Sunday would’ve been a perfect time to be a real estate agent taking a family through my town. The sun was shining, families were biking and walking everywhere and kids were playing in their yards. People were raking leaves, painting their houses and tending their gardens.

It resembled a scene out of an allergy medicine commercial—a utopian wo…