Son Hands 66-Year-Old Father Chore List for $11,200 Mediterranean Cruise, Accidentally Discovers Assisted Living Plans, Calls Lawyer, Everything Gone When They Return
On my sixty-sixth birthday, my son and his wife handed me a list of house chores for twelve days, kissed the grandchildren goodbye in the glow of our old Virginia driveway lights, and flew off on an eleven-thousand-two-hundred-dollar Mediterranean cruise. No card. No cake. Not a single greeting. I watched their black BMW roll down…