It was a Tuesday, we ambushed her.
After much talk and many months of should we or shouldn't we...we did. We had a family meeting and we confirmed that Mom really shouldn't be driving anymore. She has been seen to do unsafe things, she gets flustered easily, she reaches for the clutch in her automatic, she frequently puts the car in neutral, she was asking for directions to places she knew how to get to......it WAS time. It wasn't easy, but it was time.
My oldest brother and I had been designated the tellee's of the news. THE most Painful day of my life...the look on her face, the sadness in her eyes, I will NOT. FORGET. THIS. EVER. But it was her and Dad who taught us that the right thing is not always the easiest, and boy is that true. The whole "intervention" took about an hour before she broke down and gave in to handing over the keys and agreeing to let my brother leave with the car.
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