My phone rang this morning at what I knew was too early for proper, and staring at the phone I realized it was Destiny, calling to help get Dad out of bed. I tossed on my shorts and a t-shirt and was still buckling my belt when I came into the living room. She already had him standing inside his walker. “Doe he have to go to the bathroom?” “Yes.” She helped him turn and here he came, bumping the walker in staccato jumps in front of him, always with slight irritation at the whole idea of this affair, a rickety rack that he needs just to help him get from the bed to the bathroom, from the car to the restaurant door, from the couch to the kitchen. Head down, belligerence his calling card, You got me in this contraption and you’re making me use it, now get the hell out of the way. I made a slide show of the last pictures I could find from the thousands I can find among the thousands I’ve lost. A few of them were from Mi...
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My phone rang this morning at what I knew was too early for proper, and staring at the phone I realized it was Destiny, calling to help get Dad out of bed. I tossed on my shorts and a t-shirt and was still buckling my belt when I came into the living room. She already had him standing inside his walker. “Doe he have to go to the bathroom?” “Yes.” She helped him turn and here he came, bumping the walker in staccato jumps in front of him, always with slight irritation at the whole idea of this process, a rickety rack that he needs just to help him get from the bed to the bathroom, from the car to the restaurant door, from the couch to the kitchen. Head down, belligerence his calling card, You got me this contraption and you’re making me use it, now get the hell out of the way.