Keep Hurting…

My niece’s father is coming to pick her up. We all gather outside to say goodbye at my sister’s house which is couple houses down from the parents house. Tomorrow she is going to the hospital and if all goes well we will see her again and if it doesn’t…

We say goodbye and dad who is bed ridden scoots back home. I tell my 13 year old brother to make sure to go and let dad in the house. He said, “yes I already did hes in the house.”

I finally make my way home and what do I see dad sitting right there by the front door. Like a dog waiting to be let back into the house. Dad’s a dog…