said, okay, mercy can brg her dumb button and she was a queen doing me a favor can you believe it, lolo, she i was a pain. as usual wee have taken the long way home so we can catch up without anybody listening to our conversation or telling us what chore we have on our list that day, but when he doesn't say anything, i look over my shoulder and that's when i see him sprawled on the street, lolo, i tossed down my bike and raced back to him, are you all right, he looks just as stunned as i am as he tries to entangle himself from his bike. inhe all the years we've been riding he has never fallen, in fact, lolo is the one who taught us to ride including papi and tia ines. a trickle of blood drips down from his eyebrow where his new glasses have dug in, they're crooked now and the lenses are scraped, pebbles are stuck, it's nothing. he gets to his knees. i hit a sandi patch, that's all, the tires are old on this thing. but i lookut around for this kid and there's none. >> would it ruin the book to say what the disease that lolo is dealing with? >> he has alzheimer's, he's had for a number of year

lolo she said i was a pain as usual. we have taken the long way home so we can catch up without anybody listening to our conversation or telling us what chore we have on our list. that day. but when he doesn't say anything, i look over my shoulder and that's when i see him sprawled on the street. lolo i tossed down my bike and raced back to him. what happened? are you all right? he looks just too stunned as i am as he tries to untangle himself from his bike. in all the years that we've been riding, he's never fallen. in fact, lolo is the one who taught us all to ride, including papi and dennis. when they were little, he showed me how to balance with no hands, fix a slip chain and lube gears to keep things smooth with a trickle of blood drips down from his eyebrow. where's new glasses of doug? in there. crooked now. and the lenses are scraped, pebbles are stuck against his bloody palm to. it's nothing, nothing. he winces and gets to his knees. i hit a sandy patch that all the tires are old on this thing but i look around

lolo she said i was a pain as usual. we have taken the long way home so we can catch up without anybody listening to our conversation or telling us what chore we have on our list. that day. but when he doesn't say anything, i look over my shoulder and that's when i see him sprawled on the street. lolo i tossed down my bike and raced back to him. what happened? are you all right? he looks just too stunned as i am as he tries to untangle himself from his bike. in all the years that we've been riding, he's never fallen. in fact, lolo is the one who taught us all to ride, including papi and dennis. when they were little, he showed me how to balance with no hands, fix a slip chain and lube gears to keep things smooth with a trickle of blood drips down from his eyebrow. where's new glasses of doug? in there. crooked now. and the lenses are scraped, pebbles are stuck against his bloody palm to. it's nothing, nothing. he winces and gets to his knees. i hit a sandy patch that all the tires are old on this thing but i look around

lolo she said i was a pain as usual. taken the long way home so we can have taken the long way home. telling us what word we have on our list that day but when they don't say anything to look over my older and that's when i see on the street. i trust there i'd like what happened? and the fact that those balance gently. forget now and the lens and the kids them. the tires are cold on this date. look around there they are. >> say with the diseases. >> not really. he has alzheimer's and he's had alzheimer's for aye number of years. not request is not shared it but now entering the six grade trying to understand massive changes in her own life now has to notice and comes to terms with the fact there claiming and now they are so little. >> are there topics you nothing kids are equipped to handle? ... books. really a way to address any topic? no, i, i, i actually i think we could address anything with tact and with respect for children's developed mental readiness for things. but i, i don't feel tha readiness for things are. b