“Daddy, you didn’t take your pills.”
\n“I did take my pills.”
\n“No they are still on the counter.”
\nDaddy remembered seventy wonderful years with his wife,
\nBut not that there had been two different wives.
\nHe remembered the fear and confusion as a young sailor at Pearl Harbor,
\nBut not where to find the door to the back yard.
\nIn his bed at hospice, he didn’t recognize me.
\nHe didn’t recognize my daughter.
\nHe didn’t recognize his neighbor.
\nBut he petted and remembered and held our little poodle mutt.<\/p>\n
Sometimes I forget things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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