My Post-Divorce Relationship With Holiday Cards

It’s complicated

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One morning in early November, I opened my inbox to find a tempting offer.

The shelter where we had adopted our guinea pigs was advertising holiday card portrait sessions. Your furry friend could be photographed either in front of a cozy fire trimmed with Christmas stockings, or atop a toy train chugging through a snowy…