Who Am I?

by Barry Basden

For the past several weeks now, I have had to reassure her almost daily. She thumbs ahead in our appointment calendar and worries that she won't be able to cope, certain she will be alone. Yesterday's wine time was particularly stressful. Turns out she'd forgotten that we are married, thought I was just a good friend she's known and liked for a long time. When I described our wedding and honeymoon, finally convincing her that we are indeed husband and wife until death do us part, she cried, relieved that she wasn't going to be abandoned to fend for herself. Then she asked if we have children.

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Barry Basden lives in the Texas hill country with his wife and Bean, their little rescue terrier.