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

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Saturday, December 6, 2014

Two Responses

Two responses to my previous post.

I love you Michael Horvich. 
A blink
A shimmer
A flash of recognition 
S

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Here’s what I think. You, once again, did a wonderful thing for your beloved.

I respectfully disagree that you made Gregory feel uncomfortable or unsafe. If you “made” him anything, you made him tired. That, & multiple poops, and the time of day and the medication and his condition…but I think you recognize that.

And yet in the evening you still had that wonderful exchange. He knows your love. 

I was struck when reading the entries back & forth how Gregory’s “family & friends” are a new group of people now. The “family & friends” who attended in  the evening are from his past life. I don’t know how much they touch his life now. The joy came earlier, from the people who surround him now. You, of course, straddle both worlds and I think that made it even harder for you last night. 

Lovingly,

P

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