He sat with his wife’s photo, waiting for a son who had already boarded without him

past tense, even while he was sitting right there in the room with us, eating his dinner. But to me, he was still Grandpa. He was still the man who taught me how to look up at the sky and see more than just the weather.

And that is why, when Dad announced we were all going on a trip together to make memories before his condition worsened, I desperately continue reading …