A Hostess Refused to Seat My 78-Year-Old Mother Because She “Looked Too Cheap”—Then the Restaurant Owner Came Running From the Kitchen in Tears
Surgery went well.
Rehabilitation hurt.
Giovanni visited.
So did we.
He did not become her medical decision-maker.
I remained primary health proxy because Mom wanted that.
This distinction became important when outsiders started assuming:
new partner = new authority.