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Al Arbour: A Total Stranger's Passing Can Make A Grown Man Cry

Related Topics: Al Arbour, Dementia, Family, Heart, Bill Torrey

Al Arbour's loss today made my cry, it hurts.

What can I do but speak from the heart? I have lost family recently to dementia, and seeing the images of Al Arbour during this past year knew the agony he was going through because we experienced it daily.

I knew this day was going to come very soon, and was expecting it to the point of checking even earlier this morning before I posted my entry.

There would be relief when there was no update, but it was always in the back of my mind.

Today was the day.