My wife has dementia. Her birthday was coming up. I don't think she was aware of this milestone, and she has lost her words so we can't really converse.
I usually bring a food gift for her birthday -- like her favorite coffee ice cream. But then I walked by a shop and saw a sweater in the window. It was so chic and so much her style. She didn't really need a sweater. But I thought: She would have loved it in the past. Maybe she'll love it now.
The headline of the story gives away the ending: "A birthday gift for a partner with dementia brings unexpected joy."
NPR reports on the "picture of the year" from the World Press Photo Contest. The image (ab0ve) "captures a harrowing moment: a family separated by the state" in a New York court.
"They come right past the house." That's what people in the Nepali village of Sauraha say about the rhinos that amble down their streets.The Guardian reports on the increase in interactions -- and conflict -- between humans and megafauna.
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