Near the end of a long life together, a husband finds himself alone with yet ” … promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.”
Drinking Wine with Noah
September 15, 2012 By 1 Comment
“I piled up his clothes, vacuumed his floor, and got rid of the flotsam and jetsam of an unclicked mind.” Robert Barsanti takes his father to the hospital.
When Your Parent Dies
August 27, 2012 By 2 Comments
What gifts of care or truth are worthwhile to the dying, and to those left behind?
Prisons Of The Mind, Dementia In Aging Inmates
February 29, 2012 By 9 Comments
Julie Gillis reflects on how trusting prisoners with the care of inmates affected by dementia increases their ability for compassion.
Do Men Lose Their Minds Faster Than Women?
February 1, 2012 By 3 Comments
A new study of 1,450 people in their seventies suggest men develop cognitive impairment, leading to dementia, younger than women.
Drinking Wine With Noah
April 1, 2011 By 1 Comment
As Robert Barsanti cleaned out his hospice-bound father’s junk-ridden apartment, he gave this final toast to the old man.
Marvin and Me
October 6, 2010 By 9 Comments
Brandt Miller’s grandmother has had her share of issues, but he never thought she’d mistake him for the family’s black sheep—a convicted child molester serving time with Bernie Madoff.
“There is a push for women to be their most genuine selves, and yet now there is makeup for men!?”
This is a comment by Cameron Brown on the post “Makeup for Men? Why?”