No one wants to be less-than. No one wants to need help. But I’m learning that’s a mindset I just need to put behind me.

Although my 95-year-old father did not have dementia, he needed our care for the five years he lived in our home. We couldn’t have walked that path without the help of many others.

When I wrote that “How’s your wife doing?” may not be the most helpful question to ask, I evidently touched a nerve.

I was never quick to ask for help from others. I had to get over that quickly. There comes a time when you must ask for help. You cannot do this alone.