That Went Well: Adventures In Caring For My Sister - Plot & Excerpts
But the biggie, the nagging worry that looms foremost in their subconscious, is, of course, how will my child cope when I’m gone? For Dad, this came more and more into his conscious mind as he saw Bam aging, Mother’s arthritis worsening, and his own energy flagging. One evening, while Paul and I were still living in Denver, Dad sat down and announced a plan to Mom and Bammy. “I want us to take a trip to California, to a place called the Devereux School. It’s near Santa Barbara and overlooks the sea. It’s a residential school for young people like Irene. It looks very nice. Rosemary Kennedy, Jack Kennedy’s sister, lives at the one on the East Coast.” “Send her away?” Mom asked plaintively. “It would be like sending a three-year-old away.” “We spoil her, all of us. Bammy waits on her hand and foot. If she knocks a vase over, Bammy cleans it up. She constantly interrupts people to get attention, and you force everyone to pay attention to her, and it ruins any hope of table conversation.
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