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Today my Dad was talking about how he wants to take a trip...he wants to buy a new car and go on a real big trip, one that takes him across the ocean. While this may sound funny to some, to me it is heart breaking. His whole life he had the opportunity to take trips yet never did. He and my Mom had plans to go to New Zealand, Alaska, Canada...he always found excuses to not go and eventually stopped making excuses and simply said he didn't want to go anywhere. Now, as his world is shrinking and his awareness is dulling, he decides he wants to go places. He feels that his time is running out. He is grasping at straws, anything to change his circumstances even though he no longer has any power over his world.