My Mother Said I Only Care About Myself Until I Canceled Everything I Was Paying

remember saying it. And then I kept saying it in every way except out loud for twenty-four years.

I poured the cold coffee down the sink. Made a second cup. Left for work at 7:04.

On the way out I stopped at apartment 4B. Mrs. Ellington was eighty-one with a hip that made stairs difficult, so on Tuesdays I picked up whatever she’d asked for. This week:continue reading …