MY DAUGHTER PUT ME IN THE WORST SEAT ON THE PLANE — THEN I QUIETLY UPGRADED MORE THAN JUST MY TICKET
I’m Estelle Merritt, seventy-two years old — a lifelong caretaker, a woman who has spent most of her life trying to keep the peace, make everyone comfortable, and ask for nothing in return. That’s the role I’ve always played — the calm one, the fixer, the one who smooths things over. So when my daughter,…