[Broken Wind]

I’ve lived a charmed life I guess. I’m in my 60s and have yet to experience the loss of an immediate family member. My parents are both in their 80s and it appears my dad now has leukemia. He’s had two TIAs in the past twenty years, and he hasn’t been doing well at all recently. Each time I see him I can detect a degradation, both mentally and physically.

Meanwhile, Mom’s mental acuity is slipping badly. Within a 10 minute span, she will ask me the same questions three times.

They are both in assisted living, and regardless of how the brochures portray it, it’s a depressing place to be.

None of you know me, but I would ask that you keep my family in your thoughts as we prepare to go through what surely will be tough times in the near future.

Thanks,
BW