A flood of memories and images recreated in a troubled mind . . .
It was like a kidnapping. His mother took them from their father, not to be seen again until after she died.
Middle-aged men reunited with the father that had disappeared from their lives with no explanation or consolation.
Nearing the end of their lives, the boys return to those times and repeatedly retell the confusion and wonder. They relive the pain and continue to reunite and enjoy the union of their family.
Now he knows a new pain. “Your wife can’t live at home any more.”
It was a removal of the body, alive. Unable to remain, she was taken to another home and now she is happy, content, and well.
He is sad, lonesome, forgetful, and in love.
