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...
Goodbye again
It's hard to wrap one's mind around the concept of saying goodbye to someone, knowing it's the last time. And it's not something we do...
High Bridge highlight
My commute to work is five miles round-trip, and most days, I do it on foot. It takes me about 40 minutes each way and allows me to...
The Dad quilt
I am a self-taught quilter. Which is to say, I probably do it wrong. But what I lack in technical prowess, I make up for in creativity...
The new Eric
My dad has never been a particularly demonstrative person. You could blame it on his Swedish roots, his Midwestern upbringing, or his...
