Though Joan has made a few changes there, she says, her dad hasn't noticed. Men don't pay attention to how a house looks. But if I moved his radial-arm saw, he would scream. To hear the two talk about each other, you'd think their relationship has always been a model one. Father and daughter confess their family, like most, had its ups and downs.
Every kid has to let go of the past to become the loving caretaker.
You have to drop off the old luggage and be prepared to carry something else. The arrangement seems to have worked for both Joan and her dad. Thewlis says he likes the fact that he can continue to think of the house as his own, while his daughter gets to live in it. Joan's satisfied that her dad's medications are consistent and people are watching out for him without interfering. Basically, he's happy . . .