I Feel So Unnecessary

Ashes by Steven Manchester Book Details Genre: Fiction Published by: The Story Plant Publication Date: February 21st 2017 Number of Pages: 260 Purchase Links:     Amazon : https://www.amazon.com/Ashes-Steven-Manchester/dp/1611882427 Barnes & Noble : http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ashes-steven-manchester/1124072813?ean=9781611882421 Goodreads : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30775537-ashes  Synopsis: Middle-aged brothers Jason and Tom Prendergast thought they were completely done with each other. Perceived betrayal had burned the bridge between them, tossing them into the icy river of estrangement. But life – and death – has a robust sense of irony, and when they learn that their cruel father has died and made his final request that they travel together across the country to spread his ashes, they have no choice but to spend a long, long car trip in each other's company. It's either that or lose out on the contents of the envelope he's left...

(Image courtesy of michaeljfox.org)  My  husband has dystonia. I usually describe it as being similiar to Parkinson's Disease. He has trouble moving and on a rainy, yucky day like today his movements get even slower. Luckier, I was here and was able to pop some pills in him.  We have our own way of communicating. He grunts. Usually he gets his message across but for some reason today my mind and body didn't want to work. "Can you move?", I asked. " Rye wront  know." "Do you need a pill?" He manages to shrug his shoulders. "I'm giving you a pill." "Uh." "Do you have water?" "Uh." "What?" "Uhhhh." "Sorry. I don't understand grunts." He doesn't. I get him some. I give him one pill. I go to give him more and in a sequence of tongue clicks, eye blinks, and lots of uhhhs- he gets the message conveyed.  It takes just a few minutes for him to start moving a...