When I arrived at the nursing home this afternoon, my father greeted me with, "I'm glad you're here." That's the first time he's ever said that.
"Why?" I said.
"Because when I see you, I know I'm alive."
We went downstairs to a sunny spot, so my father could warm his face in direct sunlight, which makes him very happy.
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, January 31, 2011
shadows of the leaves of a large potted plant
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