Walt Wayman wrote:
> Such was the case with my father. He was the most mild, gentle, and
> good-natured man I have ever known. For example, the only time I ever
> witnessed a "dust-up" between him and my mother -- and my mother was a
> hell-raiser sometimes -- was one day when she pitched one of her occasional
> hissy fits and announced that she was leaving. Without raising his voice,
> he simply said, "Well, wait a minute and I'll get my hat and go with you."
> My mother, who despite her hot temper had a very good sense of humor,
> started laughing, and that was the end of that.
I llke that story!
> But as the Alzheimer's progressed, my father became mean and aggressive
> and, as much as mother tried, he became unmanageable at home, so he spent
> the last five years of his life in the best nursing home she could find,
That can break a family as sure as anything major can...
Nursing home care is impossibly expensive!
Elder care is one thing, nursing care is quite another.
> and, once a 190-pound Junior All America football player, he died curled up
> in an 80-pound ball, for more than three years not recognizing either my
> mother or me, his only son.
>
> I don't plan to end up like that. Maybe I need a new motorcycle. Or another
> really fast car.
>
> Walt
I understand.
However, most cars today are plenty fast for that purpose...
keith whaley
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