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Happy anniversary, Mom and Dad, 65 years and still holding up, holding on and holding hands

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My sister and I made them move there several years ago, when the Old Man started getting lost in their Holladay home. It was time to surrender not only the house, but also his driver license.

Mom teaches a ceramics class at Sagewood. Completely at loose ends, my father sits at the door and watches her. He’s one part servant, two parts guard and seven parts “What the hell else am I going to do?”

Mom asked me to speak to the education group there. I agreed to do it because, well, she’s my mother. I owe her.