Gloria came over in the middle of the afternoon and said she needed to get away from “those people” for a while. “Those people” are her well-meaning children and grandchildren. I hurried her inside our house and told her to fold the clothes on the bed if she liked but she declined. I invited her to just sit on the couch and collapse but she didn’t want that either. So I settled her on a barstool in the kitchen while I started cooking dinner. I poured myself a glass of wine since she already had a beer half gone. I didn’t want her to have to drink alone. I just let her talk for a while. When her can was empty, she said “I want more.” I didn’t want the poor dear to be parched so I opened another.
Monday, April 10, 2023
Wednesday, 9 November 2022: Hartung
Gloria came over in the middle of the afternoon and said she needed to get away from “those people” for a while. “Those people” are her well-meaning children and grandchildren. I hurried her inside our house and told her to fold the clothes on the bed if she liked but she declined. I invited her to just sit on the couch and collapse but she didn’t want that either. So I settled her on a barstool in the kitchen while I started cooking dinner. I poured myself a glass of wine since she already had a beer half gone. I didn’t want her to have to drink alone. I just let her talk for a while. When her can was empty, she said “I want more.” I didn’t want the poor dear to be parched so I opened another.
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