MY PARENTS DINING ALONE WHEN THEY MEANT TO DINE TOGETHER BY FAITH SHEARIN 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 52

My mother and my father agreed to dinner,

set a time, and arrived at the restaurant separately;

they parked on opposite sides of the parking lot,

were seated at opposite ends of the restaurant,

where they each ordered two of everything:

steak, baked po…