He Told Me to Choose Him or My Dementia-Stricken Father—So I Did

time?” she asked.

I nodded.

She didn’t ask what. She didn’t need to.

“You’ll learn fast,” she said. “People will tell you what you should do. None of them will offer to do it for you.”

I laughed, but it came out bitter.

She patted my hand like she knew me.

“I stopped listening to ‘should’ years ago,” she added. “Now I listen to what I can live with at night.continue reading …