Damn, Learning How to Adult in My Late Forties Sucked

Better late than never, I guess

Lawson Wallace
ILLUMINATION
Published in
5 min readMar 13

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Photo by Andrew Neel: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-man-leaning-on-wooden-table-3132388/

Dad was having a bad night, I was about to leave for my midnight shift. I was a security guard. I was working at the largest criminal court complex in Pinellas County Florida.

I helped my uncle Richard get dad to the bathroom. Dad had lost control of his bowels. “ Go on to work Lawson.” uncle…

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Lawson Wallace
ILLUMINATION

63-year-old married guy, I have been writing stories for years, but never submitted or published anything. I write about my successes and failures, everything.