The Middle Lane


Testing their limits at 87 and 88




But they test. They test themselves. They test each other. They test me.

Mom uses a walker but sometimes she walks away from it, taking a few tentative steps.

Today Mom and Dad went on a big grocery shopping spree–and they were testing. Could they do it? Could they not?

(They made it, but barely.)

Yesterday they went to Sears to buy a new stove. I was terrified, thinking of  Mom crossing Main Street on a walker. But Dad was a step ahead of me. He remembered there is a little parking lot right by the door.  They made it just fine.

Dad wants to go to art exhibits. Mom wants to go to the book store and to the movies.  The other day she told me she was almost ready to start driving again.

Testing, testing, testing.

Claudia Feldman | Senior Reporter