I'm friends with a lot of my exes but it took time. We didn't just get into it. I don't think you can be friends until you're cool with them dating someone else. That's when you know.
Somehow knowing that Alzheimer's is coming mocks all one's aspirations - to tell stories to think through certain issues as only a novel can do to be recognised for one's accomplishments and hard work - in a way that old familiar death does not.
