APRIL and I were college roommates, and although those days are behind us, we still stay in touch. Usually, April would spend Christmas with her boyfriend’s family, but they had broken up a few months earlier, so that wasn’t happening this year. To distract her during the holiday season, I decided to visit April and stay with her for the holidays — plus, I didn’t have any plans of my own and we were due for a girls’ night. On Christmas Eve, we stayed in, shared a couple of bottles of wine, and watched a romantic comedy. Our plan was to sleep in the next day and exchange small gifts whenever.

I woke up on Christmas Day to the running shower. April was already awake. I stayed in bed enjoying the fact that I didn’t have anything to do or anyplace to be…until I realized that the shower had been running for... Read More