At 30,000 Feet, I Watched My Wife Crawl Across the Floor With Both Legs in Casts While My Mother Hid Her Crutches—Then I Noticed What Was Recording Behind Them

Turns out they adapt.

Relationships are more durable when participation is voluntary.

My mother and Clara never became close.

Important.

There was no:

We went through so much and now we are best friends.

No.

They became capable of being in the same room occasionally.