Route 47

 "I'm in big trouble, aren't I," is Dad's response when Mom tells him he is terminal. This is a brutally honest memoir of what it's like to care for a loved one as they teeter on the edge of life and death. It's a story of raw love, unspoken truths, and the complicated dynamics of family-laid bare in life's most fragile moments. But this is more than a story of loss. As my father fought for peace, he envisioned a celebration in the afterlife and begged us to help him prepare. Yet, beneath t