Uncle Ray’s Full Parking Lot: When Love Arrives Only After Death

you had to manage.

So after a while, I learned what old people learn when they can still walk and still smile and still say “I’m fine.”

I learned to stop asking.

Not because I didn’t need you.

But because I didn’t want to be the reason you rolled your eyes the moment you hung up.

A few people shifted in their seats, suddenly uncomfortable in their own bodies.continue reading …