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

nothing.

Weather.

Traffic.

Savannah’s college list.

Then she said, “You’ve changed.”

I stirred my coffee.

“Yes.”

“You used to be softer.”

“No,” I said. “I used to be available.”

She looked down.

That landed.

Good.

She turned her napkin over and over.

“I never meant for you to feel excluded.”

I looked at her.

“Mom.”

Her eyes filled.

“I know.”

“No,” I said gently. “You continue reading …