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On coming from three generations of artists

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Feb 25, 2024
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Dear grandad1:

I'm not sure you know who I am anymore, but you tell me you love me every time I see you and that my hair looks nice, and I guess that’s what counts.

No one ever told me directly that you had dementia, but it wasn’t hard to guess. Some of the family has theories about why it happened because it shouldn’t have, at least not on paper. You neve…

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