After that incredible shower, we headed next door and joined my mother for a late lunch. In retrospect, I think she knew what was happening right then. The way Catherine and I were looking at each other probably made it pretty obvious. I think Catherine realized it and tried to play it off.
"Oh, Dianne, I just had no idea how incredible your son has become," she gushed, giving my mother a crooked smile. She waited a long moment for my mother to bite her lip and shake her head before she added, "After we finish eating, you should come over and see all the work we got done today. Seriously, I thought it was going to take a week just to get this far."
Mom was impressed just from seeing all the old crown molding and baseboard strips we had pulled out. Those were in the big garbage bin in fro
