He started feeding the dog off his plate\u2014but then I saw what was really going on.<\/p>\n
It started the day my grandpa moved in with us. We\u2019d converted the den into a bedroom for him, stuck a recliner near the window, and filled the bookshelf with his Louis L\u2019Amour novels and old photo albums. He didn\u2019t say much the first week\u2014just nodded and shuffled around the house with the slow, careful steps of someone who didn\u2019t fully trust the ground beneath him.<\/p>\n
He\u2019d had a minor stroke two months prior, and his doctor said routine was everything now. That, and engagement. Keep him stimulated. Talk to him. Include him.<\/p>\n
It was harder than I thought it would be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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