I married my high school sweetheart after 15 years together — on our first anniversary, I heard him say, “She still has no idea what I’ve been planning.”

goes into a holding company. You and I become members, and then the company can finally move forward with the redevelopment offer.”

I stared at him.

“What redevelopment offer?”

Deirdre sighed as though I were making things difficult on purpose.

That was when she explained.

The land around my mother’s old house had grown far more valuable over the last decade.continue reading …