→ When acclaimed writer Oliver Broudy asked his 80-year-old father, who was in the early stages of cancer, what he still wanted out of life, the answer was to sail across the Atlantic Ocean. That request began an adventure that tested them in both physical and emotional ways they never could have predicted. In Broudy’s heartfelt telling of their journey, you feel the ocean winds and also the deep love of a father and son struggling to find the right words for each other. Read this powerful tale only in digital editions of the June-July issue of AARP THE MAGAZINE.

→ MORE JEFF! Jeff Bridges has graced our covers twice before—in 2001 and 2014. We’ve pulled the 2014 story out of the archives; read it only in our digital edition.

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