THE HOMECOMING
Oct 25, 2019
3 minutes
BY JANETTE STOUT IRWIN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
ILLUSTRATION BY BECCA STADTLANDER
“WELCOME TO OUR home!” I was always happy to greet people at the bed-and-breakfast my husband, Larry, and I had run for years in Phoenix, but this weekend I was especially cheerful. The couple in front of me—our only guests at the moment—could tell, I was sure of it.
“The place is beautiful,” the woman said. She let her eyes wander around the foyer. When she got to the Christmas
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