FOR GREGORY. He was not a VICTIM of ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, he was a HERO!

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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

The Long and Short of It

If he can no longer read at bedtime, he will not read at bedtime.
If he can no longer take his vitamins, he will not take vitamins.
If he can no longer floss or brush, he will not floss or brush.
If he can no longer fold the towels, he will not fold towels.

But if he can no longer eat, does that mean we can just starve?
If he can no longer toilet, does that mean we can just stop shitting?
If he can no longer shower, does that mean we can just have B.O.?
If he can no longer use words, does that mean can just live in silence?

He looks and walks and sits and yawns and sleeps like a real person
But he doesn't understand or communicate anymore like a real person.
He doesn't function or think or understand anymore like a real person
He is broken yet refuses to run down and stop trying to be a person.

If we can no longer live, does that mean we can just die?



I know that the recent BLOGs have been down and depressed. Gregory seems to be going through a lot of loss again recently. I hope he will level out soon and hold, so I can figure how to respectfully, lovingly, supportively be there for him. Right now I do not know how to work with these new losses. Give me a few more days or maybe a week, OK?


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