My Father Was the Quiet Yet Unmistakable Leader of Our Clan

I wish I’d taken the time to get to know him better

Photo by Anne Nygård on Unsplash

Although my father is in hospice and is dying, my mother is not doing well either. They share the same room in a nursing home, and they don’t seem to acknowledge each other. My father has reached a point where he is only sleeping, barely eating, still drinking a little, but…