Meg Turney’s Christmas Vacation
“I don’t care what you say. I’m not gonna take it anymore.” – John Cusack, “High Fidelity”
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It was a cold December night in the middle of the week and my wife Meg was sitting on our couch crying her eyes out while she watched TV. She looked so miserable that even though I wanted to comfort her I didn’t dare try because I knew it wouldn’t work. So instead, I just sat down next to her and put an arm around her shoulder as we both stared at the television screen.
“This is
