After bu.rying my husband, I told no one about the ticket I had bought for a year-long cruise. A week later, my son told me, “Now that Dad is d.ead, you’ll take care of our new pets every time we travel.”

And you—if you were in her place—would you have boarded the ship, or stayed behind explaining once again what no one wanted to hear?

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