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We wake up in the morning and plan. Maybe I\\u2019ll meet a friend for lunch. Maybe I\\u2019ll go to Italy in July. But life sometimes throws unexpected curves. That\\u2019s what happened to writer Amy Bloom who was happily married to her husband Brian, an architect, when she began to notice that Brian would get lost on his way\\xa0 to the grocery store. When Brian was diagnosed with Alzheimer\\u2019s disease he made a decision. He asked Amy to research ways he could end his life quickly and painlessly. I talk to Amy Bloom talk about what happened next, endings and beginnings. \\u201cNow What?\\u201d is produced with the help of Steve Zimmer, Annika Hoeim and Alex Wolfe. Audio production is by Nick Ciavatta.\\xa0