"I know how weird it sounds. They only allow mothers and sons, and it's expressly for them to reconnect. I only went once, but I know Tommy wants to go again. We can't this year, but I'm thinking about next. But, see, that's my point! We were both unsure, and Tommy didn't even want to go. I felt stupid and naive for thinking something like that could work, but I justified it by saying that at worst, Tommy and I would have some well-earned vacation time. It worked, though! You know we've been closer than ever. I saw that I was too much of a tiger mom for him to really trust and relate too. Tommy doesn't drink at all now, for his own health, and I didn't even ask him to stop. He calls me all the time from college just to tell me what's going on in his life! And he comes home pretty frequentl
