Dad is pushing 90 and has dementia. As one friend recently said, “He's way out of warranty.” But other than the brain-wasting disease,...

My dad sits on our porch and fidgets with his cigar. Napping and smoking fill most of Jack Ray’s days now. His cigars are bundle-packed...

“Sis, let’s take a drive to Jiggs and Maude’s to see the dogwoods and redbuds,” my granddad would say on a sweet spring day when we...