March 30, 2024:
"I've become and old lady!" she said, with a catch in her old lady voice.
I was unsympathetic.
What did you expect to happen?,
is more or less what I thought in the moment.
Failure to be a help when needed.
Failure of the attempt to forge a relationship.
Failure of mutual understanding, of communication, of empathy.
Failure, probably doomed from the outset.