Visions, Trips, And Crowded Rooms - Plot & Excerpts
When I counsel couples with so many problems, I often think back on my own parents, Helen and Milton. It makes me realize what a unique and wonderful relationship they had. My parents were married for 62 years and could finish each other’s sentences. They shared everything, and one of their enduring qualities was a quirky sense of humor. Mom told me that when she found out she was pregnant with me, she’d asked Dad, “You sure you don’t want to carry this baby?” And when my father got a speeding ticket, the police officer was still standing there when Dad looked over to my mom sitting beside him and said, “Honey, you speed, too. Would you like a ticket?” My father’s sense of humor also carried over to his work as a dentist, and his patients loved having a doctor who could make them laugh. I loved laughing with both of my parents, too, and decided they were the funniest parents a girl could have. My parents used humor for life’s serious moments as well. For example, when my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and needed a radical mastectomy, she quipped, “Oh, Milton, be a man—volunteer your breast.
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