Imagine you're sound asleep, lying next to your mother who has just come home after spending two weeks in the hospital.  You're both in a deep sleep when you waken to the sound of loud banging.  Not just loud banging, but LOUD banging on the front door.  You jump up, look at the clock to see it's nearly 1am and run into the hallway to see what's going on.  Your mother slowly wakes up, too, groggy from medications and an infection in her lung that's slowly beginning to heal. Before I continue, please note that this is a true story.  This happened … [Read more...]