From a Former Caregiver: After “The Long Goodbye”

A photo of my father in the Army

A few years after my father died, I had written an email to someone who had witnessed the love of a caregiver for his wife who had Alzheimer’s Disease. It was in response to the awe the writer had for the compassion, patience and tenderness this man had for the woman who long before had succumbed to the last stages of what has come to be known as “the long goodbye.”