*small addition*

my cousin's husband is the ambulance driver, and today he had to deal with a suicide on the kibbutz. that's never pleasant.

her father, as i'm sure i've mentioned before, has alzheimer's. she was telling me this afternoon that it's gotten to the point where he has no idea where he is, and no idea when he is. completely dissociated from the world. her daughter went with her to visit him before supper, and he didn't recognize her. that's really sad.