My Son Left Me Behind on Thanksgiving and Flew His Family to Hawaii—So Friday Morning, I Called Movers and Took Back Everything I Had Paid For

She liked the balcony.

Especially the bougainvillea I’d begun tending in a large container near the wall.

One afternoon, she stood beside it with the watering can.

“Not too much.”

she warned.

“I know.”

“You always think more water helps.”

“Are we talking about plants?”