Russ

Thank you for sharing your experience with your step-father. Watching dementia take over a parent's mind is difficult and emotionally draining. Towards the end, my mother didn't know any of us...it was like losing her twice.

We arrived home minus one of our sons, having left David at school in Utah. During our trip home, I kept looking for him, only to remind myself he was at college. I missed him so much! Yet, I was so proud of him. It had been only a few weeks since he had refused to deliver a plate of cookies to some friends. His fear had paralyzed him. He couldn’t get out of the car and make himself walk up to the front door to hand the cookies them. I had called them ahead of time, so they knew we were c

Thank you for reading my story here at GA. This is the beginning of Book III. I'm excited to be publishing a new story here at GA.

Thanks for the welcome! I'm planning to make this the 1st chapter in Book III. I'm reworking the other stories to clean them up before posting them here.

Yes, these are the same characters from The Man From Swift Current. I'm in the process of reworking that story and its sequel = The Lernier Family.

Walking in the front door of the elder care facility, we found ourselves in the public area of the care center. It was a large open room, with a carpeted area where a large plasma screen television sat in one corner surrounded by a number of couches, armchairs, and recliners. There were several residents watching daytime soap operas on television, while others were sleeping in their rocking chairs. There was dining area with a half a dozen square café tables set on a concrete floor at the

Rick and Glenn take their family on a road trip to visit Glenn's family in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. During their visit, Glenn and Rick enjoy their time with family; but a dark shadow hangs over their visit as they discover the truth of the warnings Glenn's brother gave them regarding their mother's health.

I'm in the middle between the two extremes! I love the excitement of publishing a chapter as soon as it's written, receiving immediate feedback from my readers. Other times, I get great satisfaction in completing a story, editing it, and rewriting it until it has become a perfect gem. So, I guess, you could say it depends on the story and the mood I'm in.