My Aging Father's Decline: A Son's Photo Journal

Phillip Toledano Days with my Father
Phillip Toledano

My Dad Was Always Obsessed with His Health
Long before it was in vogue, he was eating brown bread and bran. Every morning, he'd do calisthenics. I still remember him in his underpants in the living room, touching his toes, doing sit-ups. As a child, I found it all very amusing. In a return to the days of his youth, he drinks orange juice with a raw egg in it. He'll always ask me to join him, and then laugh at my horrified reaction.

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