The Tenuous Bond of Family

The grandchildren were the prize

Photo credit: Catherine Dunn-Gilbert, author

She heard her son on the phone talking to his wife. The tenuous relationship Beth had with him and his family had been strengthened by need. She pictured them in their kitchen discussing her next visit. She saw her grandchildren flitting by, their mother cooking, their father sitting at his computer. He did not help in the kitchen. Beth waited to see when her…