I Traveled Across the Country to See My Son but He Told Me to Wait Outside Like a Stranger

to look like I had made an effort, because I had made an effort, and because I wanted the effort to be visible. Blue, simple, the kind of dress that says I cared enough to think about this without being so formal that it looked like I was trying to make a statement. I wanted to look like I belonged in my son’s house.

The Uber driver asked if I was here continue reading …