" Alzheimer's! What a terrible thing to contemplate. My sympathies to Muriel. There's no problem letting Don go at any time. I've got the people resou...ces here that can carry on. The question in my mind is, does Don know what's happening?" I don't know, Gabe. All you can do is play it by ear. I know you'll handle this sensitively, so do what you think is right. Make sure his leaving is on good terms. My understanding is that he's very well liked by the staff. We should acknowledge that in some. . you should definitely be going - I just wish I was going withyou!"Phil chimed in from the front seat, "No you don't, Nat - remember,you've got me all to yourself for the next few days."Mom's turn: "Maybe we SHOULD take her - I don't trust you without mearound as a chaperone." We all had a good laugh over that one, allexcept for Phil, perhaps.At the curb in front of the terminal, Mom and I said our goodbyes, andI saw Mom whisper something to Natalie, who then smiled and nodded inreply. Phil. “You could get lost in a forest like that. What do you prefer, natural or shaved?”“Shaved, definitely”“Yeah, me too. Haven't got laid in months, but still I keep everything neat and smooth down there, so I’m always prepared, always ready”“God mom, that's way too much information!”“Well, excuse me for being a woman”“You're not a woman, you're my mom!”I chuckled at his reaction, both at his voiced disapproval and his physical reaction, which was quite the opposite. The bulge in his pants was now. . “Isn’t it rich,are we a pairMe here at last on the groundYou in mid-air,Send in the clowns.”“Isn’t it bliss,don’t you approveOne who keeps tearing aroundOne who can’t moveWhere are the clowns,Send in the clowns”“Just when I’d stoppedopening doorsFinally knowing the onethat I wanted was yours.Making my entrance againwith my usual flairSure of my linesNo one is there”“Don’t you love a farce,my fault I fear...”As they went on to the second and third verses, I pulled my wife to me and we started.