As promised, Seth arrived the next day – Sunday – for dinner. I heard his car, leveraged myself off the couch and met him at the door. We both patted sawdust off his arms and shoulder the best we could. He unlaced his old Redwings and piled them on the porch. I plopped back down [...]
Richard got massages. He scheduled range of motion sessions with the physical therapist. He toyed with getting some marijuana. Laurie reduced her hours at the office brought work home and set up an “office” in their bedroom upstairs. They hired a caregiver four days a week. She picked up the house and did some laundry. [...]
After a startling event, Richard seeks a specialist’s advice about his neuro-muscular symptoms A week after tennis with Carlos and Julie on a Saturday of rare sunshine I skipped the gym and started my favorite walk of five miles. I liked the new path along the railroad tracks and up two-hundred concrete steps to the [...]
This is a work of fiction that I plan to serialize on this blog. The man in this story is Richard Vargas DeLiep. He is 62 years old and loved his wife and children. Unlike many of their friends, he and Laurie had side-stepped the ruinous cost and agonies of divorce. Together, they [...]
