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Twenty minutes after Melissa picked me up from the hospital, I realized we were driving in the wrong direction. She kept saying I needed somewhere safe to recover. Then we pulled up outside a nursing home 80 miles from home, and I saw my suitcase waiting in the lobby before I had agreed to stay.<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\u201cYou missed the turn.\u201d<\/p>\n

Melissa kept both hands firmly on the steering wheel.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI know, Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n

I looked through the passenger-side window.<\/p>\n

My house was west.<\/p>\n

We were heading north.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen where are we going?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJust somewhere you can get stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n

That answer unsettled me more than an actual destination would have.<\/p>\n

\u201cMelissa.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMom, please.\u201d<\/p>\n

I shifted carefully in the passenger seat, and my bruised hip immediately protested.<\/p>\n

Two days earlier, I\u2019d slipped on my back steps while carrying a bag of birdseed.<\/p>\n

Nothing was broken, but I\u2019d landed hard enough to spend two nights in the hospital while the doctors made sure nothing more serious had happened.<\/p>\n

I was seventy-four.<\/p>\n

Not fourteen.<\/p>\n

Before that fall, I drove myself wherever I wanted, cooked my own meals, paid my own bills, and spent four afternoons every week reminding my grandson Larry that multiplication didn\u2019t become optional simply because he hated seven.<\/p>\n

I also understood that my hip hurt.<\/p>\n

I knew I would need some help for a while.<\/p>\n

What I didn\u2019t understand was why my daughter refused to tell me where she was taking me.<\/p>\n

An hour later, Melissa turned into a landscaped driveway.<\/p>\n

The sign in front answered my question.<\/p>\n

I read it twice.<\/p>\n

\u201cMelissa.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s temporary, Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou brought me to a nursing home?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a care facility.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a prettier way of saying it.\u201d<\/p>\n

She parked the car.<\/p>\n

\u201cMom, don\u2019t start.\u201d<\/p>\n

I looked at her.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t start what?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou haven\u2019t told me what this is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Melissa got out.<\/p>\n

That was when fear finally settled in.<\/p>\n

Not because of the building itself.<\/p>\n

It actually looked pleasant enough.<\/p>\n

Flower beds bordered the walkway. White rocking chairs sat near the entrance. A fountain bubbled beside the front drive.<\/p>\n

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