~ You get a midnight call from a stranger, reporting that your father is in the emergency room for surgery. ~ You get a chatty letter from your mother, with a bomb- shell planted between gossip. By the way, she says, dad went to renew his driver s license, flunked his eye exam, and had his license revoked. Since your parents live far from public transportation and have difficulty walking, they are in trouble. ~ One of your parents neighbors pulls you aside and sug- gests gently or bluntly that despite your parents bright at- titude, arthritis (or heart disease or depression) is taking a heavy toll. The neighbor says your parents don t want to burden you, but someone ought to say something. ~ During a rare four-day visit to your house, while you race between delivering juice to your son s soccer game and picking up the cake for your daughter s birthday party,
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