It is hard for Husband to see his father slowly hollow out, to see his father’s ties to this world growing thinner, more threadbare. It is hard because Husband loves…
Grandpa has been steadily losing weight. Fewer and fewer foods appeal to him, and when we do hit on something he likes that day, Grandpa gets full after just a…
Grandpa is no longer walking. Instead, we take him on little excursions in his wheelchair. Today, after wheeling him around his senior living facility, we came back to his living…
I went to Honolulu a day and a half before anyone else arrived, so that I could finalize all the details for Grandpa’s funeral, burial and headstone. I always feel…
Being by the sea in Hawaii has been immensely lovely. Every morning, I am up at sunrise, walking along the beach, taking in the sky’s tableau of light and color.…