GREAT READS → DOUBLE TAKE Issue 1069 · July 9, 2025

Guilt Trip       

I get it. Your son has a chance for the summer of a lifetime. But what about mine, left all alone without a single friend in camp?

Guilt Trip       
Ahuva: Our sons made plans together, and now mine is left in the lurch.
Tzippy: It was the opportunity of a lifetime. What would you have done?

Ahuva

“Ezzy? Can you come write the thank-you notes now?”

From over on the couch, where he was immersed in some comic thriller, my son gave a groan.

“I know, I know. But it’s that time of year again.”

Ezzy pouted, then stood up, not without a loud, theatrical sigh. “What am I supposed to say, anyway?”

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