While we sat outside my father looked very pensive. I asked him what he was thinking about. He said "Steak, roast beef, and chicken." Then he added, "But I don't have teeth."
Maybe I should take him out to a restaurant that serves juicy hamburgers. Or delicious potted chicken. The food at the nursing home isn't at all satisfying. My parents always ate well.
Beer wasn't even on the list of things he was thinking about.
My father died peacefully on February 6, 2012. I had arrived a few hours before he died, so I had time to sit by him and talk and even moisten his lips with the long-promised scotch I had with me. I don't know if he heard me, but he smacked his lips from the scotch, My father had Alzheimer's and had donated his brain to the Alzheimer's study he'd been part of at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. I'll continue to post for a while.
Monday, March 8, 2010
relishing the sun
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