Graduation Gift
Shortly after my wife and I married, her father married a lady four years younger than my wife. His wife had two children, a girl and a boy, who were about the same age as our kids; my wife and I each have a daughter from previous marriages. Our kids and their kids hit it off pretty well and became good friends, or cousins, as they referred to themselves. Our oldest daughter graduated from high school last year, and our other daughter just turned sixteen. Christa, my wife’s step-sister, graduated from high school in May. For graduation, my wife and I decided to take our girls and Christa to the beach for a week. We also agreed to allow Christa’s best friend, Brittney, to come alone. Christa and Brittney had been friends since kindergarten and …