When Your Kid’s Life Is So Much Better Than Yours

This morning I walked from the train to work with my friend Martha, whose son just finished his first year of college. She picked him up over the weekend, and he left the following day for Martha's Vineyard. When her son returns from Martha's Vineyard, he will be home for two days, then he's going scuba diving in Bonaire with his father. Then—ok, then he has a summer job.