Burt was extraordinary. He and I had lived a happy, carefree, and modest life. We had no ambition to stir us towards greatness. He had daydreams of coaching a hapless team with me in the dug- out by his side. Sometimes. Not an ambition. We were impressed by talent and in Burt’s case that meant […]
Burt deserved the extraordinary
Life unravels when your beloved is diagnosed with a dementia. It also begins at that point. Begins anew.
Nothing is as it was.
We had a chance at a kind of do over. We were both different.
He really stepped it up in his final act. He was excellent under the enormous trials of confusion and all the scary symptoms he faced. I got to step up in a way, too. I was his caregiver. I gave care. It was a profound experience.
this is our life 