The Complicated Business of Discovering Your Parents Are Human
Nov 6 · 5 min read
Yesterday was my mother’s 79th birthday. Though she’s currently spending some time with my aunt and uncle, she’s lived with me for three years now, since a stroke meant she could no longer live on her own.
I frequently tell people she’s my hero, and I mean that: Before she retired — which she really only did because she had a subarachnoid aneurysm that very…


