The old woman was near death. I could hear her try to draw in painful gasps of breath. I felt helpless as a caregiver and friend in this remote part of the world. Was there nothing I could do?
No, in short, there was nothing that I could personally do to save this poor, frail 86 year old woman.
Needless to say, she had been slowly losing her mind, regressing back to infantry, she had a known, common condition called, Dementia. Unfortunately, she hadn't gotten better and the dementia slowly advancing to Alzheimer's.

In the summer of 2011, I had just graduated High School, planning successful goals for myself, I had began studying for my freshman year in college. I was (within the time) going through an abusive, controlled parental home in which had lead me to move out with my -at the time- high school sweetheart, Curt. We had known each other since middle school and Curt was known for having a crush on me at least every other year. Curt wasn't the most attractive man out there, but he wasn't the ugliest...