Books Under the Blanket (with a flashlight)

We live in a world full of secrets. Some secrets are good—surprise birthday parties, engagement plans, Christmas presents, buying a new home, having a baby—things that will be great news for others when they finally find out and that we just want or need to enjoy by ourselves for a…

I suspect that my love of reading came from my mother. Like me, she is never without a book, so we gave her a Kindle a couple of Christmases ago. I wasn’t sure whether she would embrace it, but I thought it was worth a shot, and I wasn’t disappointed.…