It really is sad watching a loved one who has Alzheimer's slipping away. My sister-in-law passed away two years ago from Alzheimer's. It's a horrible disease. My wish is that they can find a cure for it.
Dementia and Alzheimers is never easy for family members watch as it takes away a loved one's memories and often leaves the body still living. My husband's grandmother lived with Alzheimers. My own grandmother had dementia. I don't think loved ones are really prepared to deal with it. The challenges really bring out the best or the worst in the supporting family members. Our last dog, Amelia, who was such a sweetie, got something in her lungs and it made it impossible for her to eat. Ultimately we made the decision to euthanize her and I cried like a baby, realizing just how much I cared for her, and I didn't really appreciate it at the time. I have learned a lot from all the pets I've had. They're great teachers. for Yvonne.
Yearly tests with all the worry about passing would be daunting.
The smell of freshly baked cakes is something my nostrils can sense even behind this screen. I also did a lot of baking over the years for family. Kids are grown and I stopped doing that much baking. Over time I cut most of the sweets out of my life. Now I can't really eat them because it's not appealing anymore. It affects my palate in a way some people would feel with something very sour like sucking a lemon. I figured, with diabetes in my family's history I'm only helping to avoid it by declining sweets. So far, so good.
I've been really terrible about editing stories I wrote for a contest that had potential, but then I got bored with editing since the contest ended, and I moved on to newer things.
Those yearly tests are probably keeping folks alive. I often ask folks about when they are going to give up their keys. We are fortunate to have alternatives in this town.
I forgot about this contest. I've entered in the past.
If you could change one thing in your life, what would that be? Would you be younger? Older? Richer? Poorer? Traveler? Homebody? You tell us...
If I could change one thing in my life would be to attempt to stay at school longer. I hated each and every day at school. I was shy, timid and scared out of my wits most of the time. The teachers were cruel, I can’t remember a nice one. Seventy six years ago I started full time school. I was a day over four years old. I left the day after my fifteenth birthday feeling as if I was stupid and unable to learn.
How sad is that? I found a boyfriend at fifteen and stuck with him ever since. I think it was because he made me feel safe. That’s another thing I’d never do. Not that we haven’t been happy but maybe things would have been different if I’d been able to stay at school, go to university, been something. Everything I know has been self taught, and I now know that I’m actually not stupid! 😂
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