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March 17, 2010
The Threshold Choir rehearsing

The Threshold Choir

Bidding farewell in song

by Sandor Slomovits

posted 12/30/2008

Before my father died, he was in the grip of a profound dementia. He was in a hospital in Florida and my brother and I were still here in Michigan. We phoned daily, but he was confused, anxious, and incoherent.

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