Mom asked. Her habit has always been to stand, lean over her recliner, and push the slats closed with an old wooden yardstick. But now she waits for me to stand up from the couch or to enter the room, and asks me to do little things she no longer feels like doing. “Bring your ...
in the daytime dim and trust that I will act in my own best interest, and let me be. “I’m cold. Should we turn on the fireplace?” Dad ventured from his chair. Brother-in-law Mike had come to repair the wound to the bathroom tile resulting from installing a wider door, prompting...