Chapter 28
I figured that I should go and get my mother so she wouldn’t be too nervous. I rented a car at the Eisenhower airport in Wichita and drove to her house. She was at the door when I got out of the car.
“Caroline!” she exclaimed, pulling me into a tight hug.
“Hi, Mom. It’s good to see you.” I hadn’t been prepared for her abundance of gray hair, but it had been ten years.
“I’m ready, dear. I hope I’ve got everything I need.”
“And if you haven’t, I probably have it, or we can go out and buy it. You really only needed to bring your underwear. I have everything else.”
Mom laughed. “I don’t think your clothes would fit me.”
“We’ll see. You haven’t gained any weight, and neither have I. We used to wear the same size.”
“That’s true, but I’m not sure we wear the same style anymore.
