A Parent’s Mortality: The Day I Took Dad’s Keys

Joel Eisenberg
4 min readDec 25, 2019

My dad’s capacity had been sapped and there was no other choice.

Ask an adult child to define their greatest fear. Among the most frequent answers is the decline and death of a parent.

I’ve been through it too.

This is my story.

Dad

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Joel Eisenberg

Joel Eisenberg is an award-winning author, screenwriter, and producer. The Oscar in the profile pic isn’t his but he’s scheming. WGA and Pen America member.