Chapter 079 – The Care Plan
Chapter 79 - Chapter 079 – The Care Plan
The fall forced a care plan.
Not the kind my children invented.
A real one.
Physical therapy twice a week.
Meal delivery when weather was bad.
Medical alert button.
Neighbor check-in schedule.
Home aide three mornings a week, paid from my own account under my own authorization.
Elaine asked if she could help coordinate.
I said no.
Not never.
No.
She accepted it without arguing.
That mattered.
Peter offered rides.
I allowed one, with Naomi notified.
That mattered too.
Boundaries did not make me lonely.
They made visits possible without surrender.
I wished I had known that at forty.
May you like
Or fifty.
But seventy still counts.
