When Tara Hastings was attending Clark High School in Hammond, Indiana, her father Steve – a “Jack of all trades” – used to pick her up and buy her lunch. They would eat together and talk in his truck at a nearby lake.
Hastings, 46, now brings lunch every week to her 70-year-old father, who has Alzheimer’s disease and resides in an assisted living facility in Indianapolis. Last year, he broke his hip and needed surgery. He doesn’t walk anymore.
“He can no longer feed himself, so I feed him lunch,” Hastings, a meteorologist with WISHTV.com, told The Independent. “I don’t remember the last time he said my name.”…