He Told Me to Choose Him or My Dementia-Stricken Father—So I Did

suspected: early-stage Dementia. The man who had once carried me on his shoulders and worked double shifts at the auto plant to put me through college was now forgetting to turn off the stove and getting lost in his own backyard.

I am his only child. There was no family meeting, no debate. By logic and by love, I brought him home.

When I first suggested continue reading …