“It’s never going to be the same,” she said softly.
“I know it’s hard, Mom,” Jeff said as he gently placed his hand on her shoulder. “But you don’t have to go through this alone.
She nodded but didn’t say much more.
Over the months, she began withdrawing from the family.
Whenever we invited her for dinner, she gave us excuses like “I’m not feeling well,” “Oh, I have a few errands to run,” and “I just don’t feel like leaving the house today.”
Jeff and I tried everything to get her to engage. We even offered to take her on a weekend trip to the mountains, but she declined that too.Continue reading…
