My daughter-in-law laughed as she gave me a $2 scratch-off for my 73rd birthday. Ten months later, my own son shoved a senior living brochure in front of me and said, “We already picked your room.” They thought I was too old to fight back. They had no idea what I had been hiding.
But when I didn’t cook, everybody asked what was for dinner.
When I stopped buying milk, nobody bought it.
Things like that teach a person what the household expects.”
He looked down.
“I should have seen it.”
“Yes,” I said.
“You should have.”
His eyes filled.