She Lied

She lied, but when doesn’t she lie. What facts wouldn’t she bend or distort to make her point? She does it with such confidence. Time and again I know what she says is untrue, but she still makes me doubt my own memory. (But I was there, I saw-- I heard.)

What was the truth? Did it matter? Should I go along with the lie just to keep the peace? Is she lying to me or to herself? Who is the victim?

Friends tell me, “It doesn’t matter what she says.” “She is an old woman; let her have her version.” “You know the truth.”

I think, “Do I?”