A Woman’s Husband Forgot His Medication, so She Decided to Drop It off at His Office – But the Receptionist Looked Confused and Said, ‘Ma’am, Your Husband’s Been on Leave for a Week’

me and the words,” he said.

AFTER SHE DIED, HE DEVELOPED WORKAROUNDS.

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The next morning, Frank invited me to the learning center.

He was already sitting at a table when I arrived, dinosaur lunchbox beside him.

“Don’t laugh.”

“I wasn’t going to,” I said.

“You were thinking about it.”

“Absolutely.”

“YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT IT.”

Eliam sat nearby.

Frank pulled a card from his folder.

The dinosaur on the front wore a party hat.

I reached automatically.

Frank covered it with his hand.

“Don’t.”

FRANK PULLED A CARD FROM HIS FOLDER.

I stopped.

“That’s sort of the point.”

He opened it.

His grandson’s handwriting covered half the inside.

Frank began reading.

Slowly.

Sometimes he stopped.

FRANK BEGAN READING.

Once, I knew the word immediately and nearly supplied it.

Eliam glanced at me.

Neither of us spoke.

Frank tried again.

Then he found it himself.

“‘You’re my best buddy.’”

He sat