“What's your life like now, Dad?”
http://storycorps.org/listen/ken-morganstern-priya-morganstern-and-bhavani-jaroff/
I think this story is wonderful, it is such an amazing contrast to the other story that I hear on this site that are all on the more depressing side. Hearing this made my heart lighten, this man could be miserable and so could his children but instead they are all happy and still enjoy life. Alzheimer's disease is something that can cripple families and people. This man and his two daughters seem completely at peace with the disease. This family seemed to be happier them most family that don't have a crippling disease. At one point he forgets his son's name and laughs it off, at the same time he forgets one of the daughter's name that is sitting right in front of him, she laughs it off as well.
I have always thought of myself as a pretty easy going dude but when I hear about this man and how he can laugh off Alzheimer's puts an entirely new meaning for easygoing. He can't remember how, when, or even where he met his wife and he is completely fine with it. He thinks on the bright side and remembers dating her and how that was. He could easily look back at everything he doesn't remember and be mortified but rather he chooses not to look at it and leads a happy life. If I am half as happy as this man through out my life I believe that I will have lead a full life. I would highly suggest listening to this podcast if you haven't already.
“We'd known death but not like this.”
http://storycorps.org/listen/hector-black/
Stories like this one always leave me with something to think about and leave me questioning my moral views on revenge and death. I have never experienced violent death in any form, I have heard about it happening but never have I seen it or has it happened to someone I know. I know that if that ever happens I will have to rethink everything that I believe and pray that I keep my current ideals. Hearing this story makes me believe that it is possible to do that, hard but possible. I respect Hector for forgiving the man who killed his daughter. I think saying that he didn't want this man to die is something that only few men could do.
Revenge is something that I have thought about quite a bit, hearing this story reinforces my beliefs. I believe in the idea of forgiving but never forgetting, Hector did just that he forgave him for killing him but he didn't forget it and he still hates that his daughter is dead. On the other side of this story I can't imagine how the murderer feels, watching your sister being drowned by your own mother and knowing that your next must have seriously messed with his head. So much so that murder was nothing to him, he was able to have a peaceful conversation with the woman that he killed moments later. I find it fascinating that he was able to be so causal about murder. It makes me think about what can happen to a persons brain and how far it really can be pushed.
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