Courtney Klein

It had nothing to do with my dad.

It was just a catty thing between me and her.

And I was like, I'm done.

I can't do it.

I feel like there was a lot of arguing between her and I for that whole time period.

So we left and I think I even was like, rent your own car.

I want you to just leave.

But I didn't do that.

She rode back with us.

I did not speak to her the whole way back to Ohio.

And I cut her off and did not talk to her for three whole months.

And that was, like, I mean, she still references that to this day, that, like, she's grateful for the time that she has with me because there was a time when I wouldn't speak to her and she didn't have updates on her grandkids and she didn't know what was going on with me and, like, she never wants to be there ever again.

And I hate that it had to come to that, but I think I was just, like, I was at a point where I was, like, neither one of you are taking care of me.

Like I'm an adult and I don't need you to do anything for me, but don't make my life harder.

Yeah, exactly.

Like, yeah, you don't get those years back with your kids, you know?

And yeah.

So in that three months when I cut my mom off, my dad and her started talking again.

Um, and I was like very close with my dad, like staying on top of what was going on, obviously, but like telling my dad, you need to be very cautious.

You need to not get your hopes up.