Awesome Monkey

WHILE MY MOM WAS DYING IN THE HOSPITAL, MY DAD WAS "COPING" BY DATING HER COLLEAGUE.

He barely visited. Said hospitals made him "anxious." I thought maybe grief looked different for him.

Until I followed him one night — he said he was going to the gym.

His gym bag was still by the door.

I watched him meet Lisa, Mom's coworker, at a fancy Italian place. He held her hand across the table. Still wearing his wedding ring.

I took pictures. Confronted him.

And he actually said, "Your mom hasn't been a wife to me in months. I needed comfort."

At her funeral, he gave a speech like a heartbroken man. Cried on cue.

That night, after the funeral, I promised myself: HE'D PAY

"You can't do that to ME!" Dad cried after I implemented my plan in life. ⬇️

I THOUGHT MY EX-MOTHER-IN-LAW KEPT COMING TO MY HOUSE AFTER THE DIVORCE BECAUSE OF HER DEMENTIA—UNTIL I LOOKED IN HER BAG.

After the divorce, I thought the hardest part would be moving on. I was wrong. What I didn't expect was that Eleanor—my ex-mother-in-law—would continue to show up at my house like nothing had changed. Thanks to her dementia, she still believed Daniel and I were together. Still brought pie. Still called it "our home."

It broke me a little every time, but I couldn't bring myself to turn her away.

One day, she came by again. I called Daniel—he claimed he was "too busy" to deal with her. Typical. I told Eleanor I had plans and would call her a cab. She smiled… then suddenly clutched her head and asked for her pills.

I reached into her bag and found the pills. But right next to them was a folded note. I opened it without thinking.

Just a few words I read there made me realize that Eleanor was far from a helpless old woman.😳👇

Missing Toledo girl Keimani Latigue, 13, was LAST SEEN when the teen's father brought her to her mom's house. 😢 More information about Keimani's DISAPPEARANCE and DEATH is in the comments. 👇