My own humble obeservations and opinions about this article;
Please edit story to remove the duplicated paragraphs about a 'strong cup' of coffee.
The removal of a catheter resonated in me the ofttimes unpleasant and undignified finality of death. There is a difference between a sick parent, and a corpse. One form of morning is over, and another is about to begin.
There are many sickness that begin to visit men as we age. Prostate cancer can be a particularly nasty one. It carries a one-two sucker punch. Not only is it many mens first brush with a serious illness, but it also opens the door way to that dreaded 'C' disease.
I find it interesting and important that as our biological family begins to shrink, we also discover our family of choice- friends, buddies and pals also diminishes. Our ability to enlarge our scope of friends begins to fade as we begin to spend more and more time looking out after ourselves.
I wish I were a better writer. I long to feel sure that I am expressing myself correctly. That I am sharing those feelings and emotions I am experiencing, and trying to share. mason
I thought it was very disrespectful of the author to describe the catheter being removed from his father’s penis after he had died. I know that isn’t something I would want published after my death. That’s also not the last memory I would want to have of my father. Totally unnecessary to include that scene in the story.
Thanks for the comments, Ken. The repeated paragraphs were removed days ago from the online version. Always good to hear from you. Howard
My own humble obeservations and opinions about this article;
Please edit story to remove the duplicated paragraphs about a 'strong cup' of coffee.
The removal of a catheter resonated in me the ofttimes unpleasant and undignified finality of death. There is a difference between a sick parent, and a corpse. One form of morning is over, and another is about to begin.
There are many sickness that begin to visit men as we age. Prostate cancer can be a particularly nasty one. It carries a one-two sucker punch. Not only is it many mens first brush with a serious illness, but it also opens the door way to that dreaded 'C' disease.
I find it interesting and important that as our biological family begins to shrink, we also discover our family of choice- friends, buddies and pals also diminishes. Our ability to enlarge our scope of friends begins to fade as we begin to spend more and more time looking out after ourselves.
I wish I were a better writer. I long to feel sure that I am expressing myself correctly. That I am sharing those feelings and emotions I am experiencing, and trying to share. mason
I thought it was very disrespectful of the author to describe the catheter being removed from his father’s penis after he had died. I know that isn’t something I would want published after my death. That’s also not the last memory I would want to have of my father. Totally unnecessary to include that scene in the story.