Aging Parents
Who says you have to live by yourself as you age? Black women are redefining what it means to be in community.
Married 62 years, Mom’s 93 and Dad’s 91. I shuttle them between wakes and doctor visits. At 61, I’m so blessed to enjoy home cooking and word puzzles in the house where I grew up. But driving home afterward, I shake off the anxious certainty that any of my visits to see them together will someday be the last.
