A point of pain

You get some great, amazingly fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do?

This prompt [above] hits a nerve in our situation. Good news would be something to share with your spouse. As would, of course, fantastic news and alas bad. The first person I would turn to would be Burt.

In his fluctuating state of confusion, sharing might be limited. Of course, problems and bad news are out of the frame. Fantastic news can only get so far.

Naturally, being a contrarian with a contrarian disease, my Burt is apt to surprise.

I got a call from his younger daughter with whom he is pretty much estranged.

When Burt spoke with her, the deceptive aspect of  his memory made for a strained conversation between them.

Nonetheless, he welcomed the relationship (for me), although he remained skeptical about his relationship with her. “I’m happy for you” was his blessing to me.