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applegrove

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21. I visited my parents every day and cooked them dinner. Then my
Mon May 8, 2023, 09:40 PM
May 2023

mom passed away in 2015 and my Dad moved into a nursing home. I was work8ng retail when my parents asked me to take care of them full time and they would pay me minimum wage. So I did. Once my dad was in the nursing home I stopped. The manager of the nursing home said if I visited every day it would be too much. I tried anyways. I ate dinner there for the better part of a year. But I am quiet and my dad is quiet and sure enough he had enough attention so i went to visits 3 days a week for a few hours. They had always had around the clock care and my dad had such fun with some of his caregivers, especially the one who was there till the very end. We were very lucky in that both my parents were ready to go when they did and they had lots of attention. When my Dad first died this October I thought of him free from the nursing home and flying around. Now I see him together with my mom. We were lucky to have such kind parents. Totally devoted to family. I miss them.

As to Trump, I walked into my dad's nursing room the day of the Woman's March in 2017. His lovely caregiver had made a flag using a straw and a piece of paper and written Dump Trump on it. The March was on the TV. She was marching around the room. My dad was saluting her. So that is how he felt.

The right wing had to wait until the older generation was gone or elderly before they pulled out the Nazi stuff that's for sure.

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