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

and visits get planned and replanned until they become a category of aspiration rather than a commitment. We said we would plan something soon. We said the kids were always asking about me. We said come anytime.

Come anytime is not an invitation. I understand that now with a clarity I did not have before last Saturday. Come anytime is the shape of an continue reading …