Norm,
I know it's especially bad when your mom doesn't recognize you. The last time I spoke with my mother, she was looking me right in the eye and asked me what my name was. It was just so sad. Gd, I don't ever want to get like that. I've always said that I'd prefer to die from being shot by a jealous husband.
My children's maternal grandfather just died on Friday. They're getting into LGA this evening, while it's going to spoil the Mother's Day activities for the family, he died happily, in a casino in Vegas. Wish we could all be so lucky as to go out doing something we enjoy.