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Originally Posted by NinePack
Watching my old mans health start deterating.
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Is it contagious?
I kid. Honestly. I kid.
My dad and I...we didnt have the greatest of relationships...but we kind of did? Its weird. He'd never admit to being proud of me, when I accomplished something he'd always find a way to say that it wasnt 'good enough.' He was a man who shook your hand, he would never hug you, which is fine, to each their own.
But as we watched my Grandmother (his mother) descend into Alzheimer's and Dementia I recall him grabbing me by the collar and stating:
"Thats never happening to me. And you're in charge of making sure."
Its the 'implication.'
Thankfully it never came to that...I'm not sure I could have done it. I'm actually almost positive I couldnt have.
But there is a strange sense of honour in knowing you were chosen as 'that guy.'