Care and feeding of a grieving daughter
As I observed when Dad announced he was going into hospice, humans have been dying for as long as there have been...well, humans. So...
The call
I went to bed last night fairly certain that I would wake up in a world my father no longer lived in. I was right. I woke up suddenly,...
The happy wanderer
Mom emailed last night to say that Dad said fewer than a dozen words all day. Once again, he ate nothing and slept quite a bit, and spent...
ETD
I just talked to Dad. He had just woken up and was pretty out of it. Mom emailed last night to say he didn't eat at all yesterday, and he...
Mom
A lot of people have asked how my mom is doing throughout all of this. And some of them look dubious or disbelieving when I respond,...
So be it
Dad has had a rough couple of days. No one really knows the cause, but my feeling is that after a week and a half being so "up" for my...