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[richard] whats up there, fella . See, im richard, your son. Let me put this amplifier on you. Test, test, test. How are you . Im richard. Stephen Mumbles yeah. Youre so good. Thank you. People Chattering how are you . Okay. You good . somber music all right, here it goes. Dont try to eat it now. Not bad, huh . somber music you like this, dont you . I know you like this. Soft Piano Music thats it, kiddo. Caring for dad is a challenge of physical and Mental Health. It was a lonely road until i fo...

- [richard] whats up there, fella? see, im richard, your son. let me put this amplifier on you. test, test, test. how are you? im richard. (stephen mumbles) yeah. - youre so good. thank you. (people chattering) how are you? - okay. - you good? (somber music) all right, here it goes. dont try to eat it now. not bad, huh? (somber music) you like this, dont you? i know you like this. (soft piano music) thats it, kiddo. caring for dad is a challenge of physical and mental health. it was a ...

They dont think that way. its almost as if going from a to z, i will go a, b, m, c, q, z. (soft music) - its very tempting to be angry at him. i taught myself to stop and recalibrate. we are angry at the brain injury, we are not angry at luke. now, i would love to be able to tell you that when hes being weird or crazy i think, "oh, he must be having a headache," and, oh, "lifes so hard for you." like, lets be really understanding. that is not (laughs) at all what happens, inevitably, right? i sa...

Not bad, huh? (somber music) you like this, dont you? i know you like this. (soft piano music) thats it, kiddo. caring for dad is a challenge of physical and mental health. it was a lonely road until i found others. - do you have nightmares? (soft piano music) - tell us about the injury. - [luke] my mind was a mess. we get lost in there. just suicidal. - with cancer, thats dangerous. - were everywhere. - i wish i could be there for all of it. - im not ready. - me and matthew. - join energy. - (l...

Ill use the large black spoon for the cream of wheat cause it can hold more. but it wasnt working. my fathers lowest weight was in the 90s. the very idea of him having a stomach tube and getting fed with a formula, that was after great debate in my family about what was best for him. - i love you. - youre so wonderful. - one time, in the hospital, the doctor sat down my mom and me and he said, "we cannot feed your dad. your dad keeps regurgitating. you need to think about letting him go, like no...

Yes. turn off. use this one. okay. - (laughs) thank you. youre so good. my first son, richard. - okay. - yes! (laughs) - you have to go walking now. - thank you, sir. - move forward, one. - oh, yeah. - two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. - the father ive known- - eight, seven. - has been disappearing. (electronic bubbling) - mouses. (computer dings) - still my dad, but our relationship is definitely changing. (electronic bubbling) - babble. - at age 15 when we were living on jackson stree...

You know cant speak for tomorrow (laughs) where i am today is that i am okay knowing what i know and i dont need to know any more, nor do i regret knowing what i know. (waves crashing) - as journalists, its in our muscle set to digest events quickly, to understand the emotions behind the story, and then get it out in a way that helps people. and i think as a caregiver, that has helped me to move down the road faster. dive in, figure out what needs to be done. the flip side is sometimes we forget...

Vicks vapocool drops. (soft piano music) (passengers chattering) fast relief you can feel. (car engines rumbling) (soft piano music) - you want it? no, you cant do that. you left too much on. - (laughs) okay. i cant see. - after the emotional toll of caring for my father at home reached a breaking point, we made that tough decision to move my father into an assisted care facility. it was better for everybody, but its tough. my sister really wanted him to be at home. i did too, but i knew it was ...

Hey, steve, i am hunting down some information about the childcare aware contract, which is, of course, the ones that gives the subsidy if childcare on base is full. when i married a guy in the military, my local news became military spouse and family issues. ive been covering military spouse and family news about eight years now. sailors and their families more money. (luke speaks indistinctly) im making them some breakfast. you wanna do lunches? - sure. - cool. its not super cold, so you could...

You need to live the way you want others to live. you dig it? hey, pastor lui. (rose laughs) doing good. - hes giving you that kind of questioning look? - youre wondering what im reading, dont you? okay. were done bugging ya. ooh, wee, wee, oop. he told me i looked good earlier. - you look good? - yeah. hes obviously lost his sight too. (rose laughs) right? (soft music) so, mom, i dont know what you do with, i bought em only because they look good. how do you cook these? you cook the beet like a...