dad talk

so kathleen and i went down last thursday to visit my mom and dad. i had some talk time with my dad while my wife and my mom were out at the store. i don't know how the topic came up but my dad said that he made a mistake when he decided not to go to his brother's (uncle tony) wedding. he was busy with the scouts (boy scouts) at that time and he was in charge of some special event which involved food, entertainment and event planning. he thought that this caused some distance between their relationship as well as with his older brother Paul. he talked about how cousin peter has also distanced himself by not coming to their 50th wedding celebration & chris's wedding. he also talked about his mother's care and how he took his mother in for a short while to give uncle tony a rest. his mother stayed in the same room with linda in vineland. his mother, at this time, had lost lost her ability to remember things including who her family was. sometimes she would leave the house and just start wondering down the street. my dad realized that keeping her in vineland was probably not the best thing for her. he had her moved to an old age home back up near uncle tony where she stayed until she died.