Two-Lane Contemplations

Two-Lane Contemplations

Reflections

Somebody Has To

But why me?

Aug 14, 2024
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By Lisa Hayes-Minney

My 90-year-old mother doesn’t understand.

“I thought you weren’t going to do this,” she said.

“I wasn’t,” I reply.

“So, why?”

“Somebody has to.”

“But, I don’t understand why it has to be you.”

<sigh> “Mother, I truly don’t quite understand that either.”

This is not the first time we’ve had this sort of conversation.

This latest thing I’ve …

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