![]() ![]() ![]() The fictional story of the Slocum women is the story many of us are facing. ![]() Now Momma is missing, and I’m sandwiched between two impossible choices: stay in DC with my troubled daughter or go to Texas to find my demented mother.Įither way, I feel like I’ve already lost. I should have known that telling her I thought her memory lapses meant it was time to sell the ranch was a mistake because the moment she was strong enough to manipulate her walker, she stole a car and broke out of rehab. Unable to juggle my demanding job and rebellious teenager from Texas, I had no choice but to leave her in an assisted living center in Austin. But Momma refused to consider convalescing back East. With the secret hope of mending fences, I flew home to offer my help. ![]() After wasting years of my life trying to chip away these hurts, I gave up on us ever finding our way back to each other. Her inability to forgive me has made her as crusty as the tiny fossils embedded in the Frio River’s limestone bluffs. Despite these short-term memory lapses, she can recount every detail of the day I broke her heart twenty-five years ago. My aging mother gets lost on the country road she’s taken for years to get from her ranch to the small town where she grew up. If you’ve ever gotten crosswise with family, then you can understand why I avoid family reunions. It’s about joyously, lovingly, energetically living. From USA TODAY bestselling Author Lynne Gentry comes a heartwarming peek inside a prickly mother-daughter relationship turned upside down. ![]()
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