06-21-2016, 11:43 PM
(06-17-2016, 10:42 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: At some point it may get to that, he has been fighting for 14 years this upcoming November but he is starting to decline more these days and he isn't taking his limitations very well.My dad is 87, just quit driving last year and this year I've taken over giving him and his wife their medicines. He had what amounts to a stroke in his eye so he's nearly blind and moved in with us . It's tough on our parents to give up responsibility they've had for so long and giving up on doing things that gave them pleasure..
I'm sure your dad would be pleased to know that you can build things how you were taught..
In the immortal words of my old man, "Wait'll you get to be my age!"
Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse, but the one comfort we have is Cincinnati sounds worse. ~Oliver Wendal Holmes Sr.
Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse, but the one comfort we have is Cincinnati sounds worse. ~Oliver Wendal Holmes Sr.