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

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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

An E-Mail


N,

Talking with you last night about Gregory WAS helpful even if I said, "It doesn't help." Just being recognized for the troubles I have and for the good work I do is helpful even if it doesn't make it go away. I appreciate your not trying to "white wash" it. You recognize how terrible it is to deal with the details of Gregory's decline, the impossibility of it all. 

"We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it." (TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore) 

On the other hand we live to see a new day, and in the morning the problems seems tolerable, and maybe, just maybe we will find the fire escape or the fire department will arrive in time.

Thanks for being there and thanks for being our ART ANGEL! Gregory loves you even more than he loves painting every Tuesday!

Fondly,
Michael

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