It happened when I was talking with a coworker right outside the COO’s office at my firm. I glanced down at my buzzing cell phone, a rare call from my mom. It was then I heard those dreaded words, “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” I imagined the worst of course, that she had …
Six years ago, a stranger arrived in our house - my mother. Time has a way of making one a stranger. I lived with her growing up (18 years), then apart (38 years), and now we are back together. Her friend and roommate of many years passed away suddenly, and she sorely lacked transportation (she …