Will Davis
Will Davis
people wonder behinds
Some people, when they die, leave so much life behind that we wonder how they did it.
moving writing bedtime
I did what most writers do when something happens that's overwhelming, fascinating, moving, all of that. I didn't know what else to do about it except write about it.
mother father eye
My father never feared death. He never saw it as an ending. I don't know why Alzheimer's was allowed to steal so much of my father before releasing him into the arms of death. But I know that at his last moment, when he opened his eyes - - eyes that had not opened for many, many days - - and looked at my mother, he showed us that neither disease nor death can conquer love.
father heart eye
Decades later I would look into my father's eyes and try to reach past the murkiness of Alzheimer's with my words, my apology, hoping that in his heart he heard me and understood.
doors alzheimers disease
Alzheimer's disease locks all the doors and exits. There is no reprieve, no escape.
heart earth legacy
That is your legacy on this Earth when you leave this Earth: how many hearts you touched.
way would-be ethical
The most ethical way to deal with an unethical situation would be to simply say: 'We did something wrong.' But nobody in a family like mine would ever respond like this.
father thinking years
I often imagine what it would be like if my father were still here to mark his 100th birthday, if Alzheimer's hadn't clawed away years, possibilities, hopes. What would he think of all the commemorations and celebrations?
resilience doe life-is
It's one thing to show your love for someone when everything is going fine and life is smooth. But when the 'in sickness and in health' part kicks in and sickness does enter your lives, you're tested. Your resilience is tested.
loss figures teach
Loss teaches you to figure things out as they come along.
eye age dying
it ultimately doesn't matter which disease gnaws away at the body - it looks the same. The flesh surrenders, grows exhausted, and the eyes ask why.
teacher night blood
Stories live in your blood and bones, follow the seasons and light candles on the darkest night-every storyteller knows she or he is also a teacher.
mistake made persons
Politics isn't what defines a person, and it shouldn't define a relationship. I made the mistake of letting that intrude on my relationships.
motherhood thinking people
Just think: people decided one day that a day should be set aside for motherhood and fatherhood. What a great concept that is.