Very stylish!

I think it means that exercise isn’t all that effective for weight loss (though it does have lots of benefits).

It is, but the slight good news is that as far as we can tell, he’s not actually in pain.

It is. And everybody feels guilty for not being able to make his life better, but there really isn’t anything more that can be done.

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My mother feeds him, and when he doesn’t want any more, he stops opening his mouth. Sometimes that’s about all the communication he can manage.

No. He doesn’t make any requests, and doesn’t usually answer even if you ask him a yes/no question.

We saw the new baby too (my mother’s great grandson). It was dressed as a reindeer, but I didn’t take any photos.

At least we had some sunshine for one of our muddy walks.

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We’re home again. It wasn’t an especially busy trip, but I still feel as if I could sleep for a week.

My father barely speaks now. He can understand, but even saying a word or two is just too much effort. I visited him three times while we were there, each time for at least an hour, and he said maybe four words in that time.

It certainly feels that way quite often.