On My 70th Birthday, My Son Served Me Dog Food — Then I Read the Name on the Can

On my 70th birthday, my son set a bowl of dog food with a pink candle in front of me and laughed: "That's all you deserve now, Mom." His wife filmed it. Their friends laughed. Every glass on that table was paid for with my card. Then I read the label on the empty can beside the bowl, the name of the dog he swore he buried in February, and I picked up my phone...