Writing Practice 34: The way that Adam thinks

Adam: After my grandmother died - this was my mother's mother - I never asked my mother if she was ok. I wanted to, but it was communicated to me that my grandmother's death was a touchy subject. I got the impression that it was too hard on my mother to even mention my grandmother's death, so, I didn't. I thought the best thing I could do for my mother was to act out my assumption, which was to leave the subject alone entirely. I wanted to ask, it's just... I was told not to. As it turned out, my mother ending up feeling like I didn't care about her. In her mind, if I gave a shit I would have asked her if she was OK. I suppose it was my fault to have accepted the information that was communicated to me. I guess you could say it was a test. I was discouraged from doing the right thing and I thought it best to avoid doing it. I was fooled. I fell for it. And, it's just... man. People sure don't make it easy for me to do the right thing. I trust people too much and I suppose that I shouldn't. They don't even know what they're talking about when they're talking about themselves.