This Is What An Old Man With Dementia Can Teach Us About Life
7 min readDec 9, 2017
His name is Reid and he used to be a farmer. But that was a lifetime ago and now he is far from the farm he used to care for.
Far from the call of roosters and sizzling, early morning bacon. Far from his Carhartt overalls and the morning dew that covered his International Harvester. Far from the soft muzzle of his loyal border collie.
