Episode 044 - Dementia won’t steal my father's story… with Fermin Whittaker

<p>My dad has advance stage dementia. He can’t carry on a conversation with you for longer than 5 seconds. He no longer knows my wife. He no longer knows his grandchildren. He no longer really remembers anything about his life…</p> <p>But you know what?</p> <p>He is still… Him.</p> <p>I catch glimpses of who he is.</p> <p>There are tiny cracks into his soul that show up like magic every once and a while.</p> <p>But I totally had forgotten about this treasure of a recording I had.</p> <p>When I started noticing his memory problem…</p> <p>I called him and recorded his story.</p> <p>This conversation is 4 years old…</p> <p>And it’s mind blowing how he could never have this conversation now.</p> <p>But I’m so glad I had it with him then.</p> <p>So please enjoy this conversation that may be the most inspiring conversation you have heard in a long time…</p> <p>From my dad, who has dementia…</p> <p>But dementia doesn’t have him…</p> <p>Thanks to our sponsors!</p> <p><a href="https://bit.ly/HHGreenChef130">https://bit.ly/HHGreenChef130</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.athleticgreens.com/humanhope">https://bit.ly/HHAthleticGreens</a></p> <p><a href="https://bit.ly/HHChime">https://bit.ly/HHChime</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.betterhelp.com/humanhope">http://www.betterhelp.com/humanhope</a></p> <p><a href="https://bit.ly/HHAnnieFDowns">https://bit.ly/HHAnnieFDowns</a></p>

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