My Parents Took the $22,000 Hawaii Trip I Paid For

leaned into me like she had been holding herself upright all day.

“I’m going to miss you,” she whispered.

“I’m going to miss you too.”

“Don’t get weird and buy a sports car.”

“I make no promises.”

“Don’t replace me with a dog.”

“What breed would offend you least?”

“A rescue mutt with anxiety.”

“Noted.”

She cried then.

So did I.

The next morning, we loaded my continue reading …