i was advised to go slowly with him today, and we did, but it would have been sad not to reach the island, and it may be getting too far for mister, and we will need a wagon to get where we need to go. the change is coming and i am unready. yet ready or not it is coming. the change is here. i must be mindful of the change in mister. the things i have taken for granted, we so worked to get to, i have to allow to change. my vigil must grow with his changing. as he ages he needs me more, as i need him, increasingly, as it goes.