Comfortable. Confident. Cool?

When I was a teenager I wanted to be cool. The trouble was, I wasn’t really sure what cool was. Only that I wasn’t it. Like any school, mine had a group of popular kids. The popular kids might have been the football players and cheerleaders. Aren’t they always the cool ones? Or is that [...]

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About My Dad

My dad was in sales for years. I suspect that he is a born salesman. He wasn’t a disgruntled, down-on-his-luck, raggle-taggle salesman like Willy Loman. No, never, Dad was loaded with enthusiasm. He was energized, not just by the deal, but by the people he met along the way. You see, my dad is a [...]

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With Enthusiasm

I spend a couple, sometimes three, afternoons a week with my Mom. It gives my Dad a chance to get out on the golf course. It gives Mom and me a chance to hang out. On Mondays I pick her up from an elder care program. I have a tendency to run late, to get caught [...]

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Like a Thief

Like many retirees, my parents spend the winter in Florida. They flew north about a month ago. I was already suspicious from our chats on the phone but my Dad warned me that I would see changes in my Mother, big changes. At times, her Alzheimer’s has crept slowly; the changes from one year to [...]

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