Dear 아빠
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A son's letter to his father with Alzheimer’s.
I’m writing to you as if you can still read and understand these words. I know our time together is coming to an end. When I’m home again, let’s sit on a bench by the water and I’ll read this to you in the sunshine. Lately, I’ve been thinking about what it means to care for someone, and my mind drifts to one of my earliest memories of you. I was in kindergarten. I came back from the playground with cuts and bruises and you got angry. Your reaction surprised me, but now that I’m older, I understand. I heard someone say that having a child is like watching your heart go walking around…
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