Parenting Parents

“I’ve been taking care of my 93-year-old mother, who has vascular dementia, for over a year. She is independent and smart and has a great sense of humor. She just can’t remember anything. She loves to travel and refuses to be left behind. While I run errands or keep appointments, she sits in the car or waiting room, reading. She never wanders away. Never, until today.”
 — Celia Watson Seupel’s lovely, chest-tightening story of losing her mother in New York City.