I can’t assume I am saying this, however last year, I had to tell my parents it was time to turn off the heat.
It was early August plus I walked into the lake house plus walked right back out. I couldn’t assume what had hit me. I could hear the heat going through the water pipes. I checked the thermostat when I walked back into the house. They had the thermostat set at seventy-5, plus it was still set for the gas furnace. I asked my mom when was the last time she had been outside. She smiled plus told myself and others that my dad had been sick. They hadn’t been outside in almost a month. He wasn’t handling the temperature changes genuinely well. I told her that it was almost Summer plus maybe he needed to get outside. When dad came out of the kitchen, I realized just how sick he had been. I began to wonder how long it had been since I had been home, plus why hadn’t they told myself and others how sick he was. My dad looked much older than the fifty years seasoned he was. My dad had regularly been strong, although he wobbled when he hugged me. I went into the kitchen plus grabbed his jacket plus asked him to go for a walk with me. When mom handed him his cane, he smiled. We had only gone half a block when I saw that his lips were red plus he couldn’t breathe. We went back to the lake house where he went to his room. Mom said they had the thermostat turned up in the kitchen. I walked in plus there he sit with a heavy blanket over him plus his oxygen. I knew I had to get lake lake house more often.