Good Advice?

Over the weekend I went to visit my father in his assisted living facility. Dad's memory has been going....going...well, it's nearly gone. He doesn't remember my mother, with whom he had a 52-year, loving relationship. He doesn't remember his own mother. He doesn't remember his sister, or MY sister, who died a few years ago.

In an effort to keep him somewhat in the loop of our shared memories, I tell him stories. I feed him information about basic things he's completely forgotten about.

"How do you know so much?" he said.

"You told me many of these things," I gently replied.

"Oh, he said...."was any of what I told you, GOOD?"