Letting my sister-in-law stay in our house over Christmas felt like the kind, reasonable thing to do. My husband Dave and I had finally planned our first real family vacation in years—a simple week by the ocean with our two kids, Max and Lily, after months of saving and cutting back. When Mandy called days before we left, overwhelmed and emotional, describing problems with her apartment and having nowhere else to go, we hesitated but ultimately agreed. She promised it would just be her, that she’d respect our space, and that everything would be exactly as we left it….CONTINUE READING IN BELOW

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