We stopped at the drug store and had my prescription filled which seemed to take forever. The silence between my mother and I was almost unbearable. She didn’t yell at me or even say a word. But I could tell she was upset with me – or maybe disappointed somehow. When we arrived at our house my older sister was already home from high school.
My mom told me to wait for her in the front room while she put her things away. “Son, we need to have a long talk. You