I Found My 87 Year Old Father Eating Cold Food Alone and Realized How Afraid He Had Become

finish the sentence. He did not have to.

“In case I didn’t make it easy,” I said quietly.

He gave a small shrug. Silence stretched between us, not uncomfortable, just full. “I didn’t make it easy either,” I added. That got a faint huff of a laugh out of him. “No,” he said. “You didn’t.” We both smiled a little at that. Then it faded, and I leaned forward continue reading …