I Peeked Over the Parapet Into Domestic Violence Territory

I almost slugged my mother in a hospital basement, and for an instant it seemed perfectly normal.

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A few weeks ago, in the run up to getting my mother into the same assisted living facility where my father is, I took her to the doctor for paperwork, blood work, and all the other hoops you have to jump…