Comments on: Days With My Father http://www.blackmarks.net/2009/01/23/days-with-my-father/ "The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story." -- Ursula K. Le Guin -- Writer, Reader, Amateur Interneter, Father and Life Chronicler. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:25:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Corey V. http://www.blackmarks.net/2009/01/23/days-with-my-father/#comment-229714 Corey V. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:32:30 +0000 http://www.blackmarks.net/?p=1205#comment-229714 One of the few things that I'm thankful for when my grandfather passed away was that, once it hit his brain (he had lung cancer, but it spread to his brain) he died shortly after that. With little confusion. A hard week of waiting, but thankfully it was only a week. One of the few things that I’m thankful for when my grandfather passed away was that, once it hit his brain (he had lung cancer, but it spread to his brain) he died shortly after that. With little confusion.

A hard week of waiting, but thankfully it was only a week.

]]> By: Deane http://www.blackmarks.net/2009/01/23/days-with-my-father/#comment-229309 Deane Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:44:51 +0000 http://www.blackmarks.net/?p=1205#comment-229309 That was amazing. I'm in the same situation right now with my mother. She's slowly slipping into dementia. Every time I tell her that her mother (my grandmother) died 25 years ago, she's as devastated as if hearing it for the first time. I've stopped telling her. When she asks how Grandma is doing, I just say "Fine." That was amazing.

I’m in the same situation right now with my mother. She’s slowly slipping into dementia. Every time I tell her that her mother (my grandmother) died 25 years ago, she’s as devastated as if hearing it for the first time.

I’ve stopped telling her. When she asks how Grandma is doing, I just say “Fine.”

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