My Son Brought A Nursing Home Brochure To My Birthday Dinner And Thought I Would Break

nights for years while I managed the days, and the days were full and required attention that never switched off. Getting older had slowed my knees. It had not touched the part of me that could see a pattern forming before it completed itself.

I started writing everything down.

The date the keys appeared in the freezer the first time. The date they appeared continue reading …