My mother's footstepsWere so quiet I barely heard her leave

There comes a time when we realize that our parents cannot save themselves or save us, that everyone who wades through time eventually gets dragged out to sea by the undertow - that, in short, we are all going.

Patients are almost always preceded by their parents, because no matter how fast an ambulance can drive, terrified parents can drive faster.

Both my parents are therapists, which means that I am really goddamned well adjusted.