As the estrangement took hold, Grace came to regret it. As she explained to me: I’d love to have our relationship be the way it was, but I don’t know that it could ever be that way. We both expected things from the other one that just didn’t happen. Now we’re holding on to all the disappointment, and we can’t let things go. If you hold on to things, it’s hard to go back to how it used to be. When my father died, I was tearful, I cried and apologized. I even said to Marlene, “I don’t want to lose you too. I already lost my parents.” But it just wasn’t enough. I said: “Can’t we work it out? What
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