You captured so beautifully and poignantly what it’s like to visit a parent with dementia in a nursing facility. My father spent the last few months of his life in that state in a nursing home. It is heartbreaking. Russ and I both lost our fathers similarly in the last couple of years. It is what prompted us to return to Hawaii sooner rather than later. We’re aware our turn will come all too soon.

When I note that you’ve written about your Dad, I read with rapt attention. Mom’s about to turn 88, has a sweet disposition, but is now forgetting to wear her eye glasses when she drives; to take her medications, etc.

We finally got her a bathrobe at the local J.C. Penneys for $36 to replace her tattered, 40+ year old one from a store we used to own.

Thank you, Ian, for capturing what we all experience in some shape or form at this time in our lives.