Did you ever marry that girl?

My Father is in a home now; Mom was having a hard time taking care of him. After 3 strokes he has little use of his left side. Luckily he does not have any other serious health issues. I have not had to take care of people to this level before. Getting up, bathroom, dressing, it is all very difficult. They were living in Redding but moved back to San Diego. He did not like the first home; he said it was full of 'nutty buddies'. The new home only has 6 residents and he likes it much better.

It is very hard to see people you love approaching the end of their days. I am working on trying to reconstruct his life. I know he has experienced a lot and very little of it is actually known by anyone. He turned over the genealogy to me a few years back and he is not able to recall very much any more.

He steps back into time and often asks me, "Did I ever married that girl?" Well yes I did. I married her 34 years, we have 4 children and 9 grandchildren. I show him pictures of the children and the grandchildren but I have to do it every day. Its all very sad but he knows me and is not happy that I will be returning back to Georgia.

He likes to joke around and they are the same jokes but he was always did.

Somethings do not change.