" CUTE COMMENTS "

YOU KNOW HOW WHEN YOUR KIDS ARE LITTLE THEY COME OUT WITH THE CUTEST SAYING THAT YOU JUST KNOW THAT YOU WILL NEVER FORGET-THEN YOU DO.  WELL IT'S KIND OF LIKE THAT WITH MIKE NOW.  EVERY DAY HE COMES OUT WITH THE FUNNIEST STUFF, AND I JUST KNOW I WILL NOT FORGET WHAT HE SAID, AND THEN BY THE TIME I GET READY TO WRITE IT DOWN-IT'S GONE.  I DON'T THINK I HAVE A MEMORY PROBLEM, I JUST THINK I AM ON MEMORY OVER LOAD.  TOO MANY THINGS TO REMEMBER AND KEEP TRACK OF.  BEFORE MIKE GOT SICK, HE DID ALL THE BILL PAYING, CHECK WRITING, WHAT WORK HAD TO BE DONE ON THE HOUSE, ETC. ETC.. NOW, IT ALL FALLS ON ME, PLUS REMEMBERING TO ORDER ALL THE PILLS AND KEEP TRACK OF DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS, VISITS FROM THE NURSE, VISITS FROM HIS P.T., NOT TO MENTION ALL THE HOUSE HOLD CHORES, AND THE BUYING OF THE GROCERIES, ETC.ETC..  I THINK MY POOR BRAIN IS JUST ON OVER LOAD, AND LESS IMPORTANT STUFF JUST GETS PUSHED TO THE BACK OR DROPS OFF THE BACK END!!  ANY HOW, I HAVE BEEN A LITTLE NAUGHTY LATELY, AND HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF MIKE'S CONDITION AT TIMES.  FOR INSTANCE, AS OUR DAUGHTER FELINA SAID YESTERDAY, BEFORE MIKE GOT ALZHEIMER'S, HE WOULD NOT EAT MUSHROOM, HE ALWAYS THOUGHT HE WAS ALLERGIC-BUT THE TRUTH IS, HE JUST DID NOT LIKE THE TASTE OF THEM.   NOW HE WILL ASK ME "DO I LIKE THIS OR THAT" AND I SAY "SURE YOU DO HONEY", AND HE WILL EAT IT OR DRINK IT. OF COURSE I NEVER WOULD DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE HIM HARM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I MUST ADMIT I GET A KICK OUT OF SEEING HIM EAT, DRINK OR DO THINGS THAT HE WOULD NEVER DO BEFORE. AGAIN-THAT IS THE UPSIDE TO THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE.  SO FAR HE REMEMBERS FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS, AND I AM SO THANKFUL FOR THAT.  WHEN EVER WE MEET NEW PEOPLE, WHEN THEY INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO MIKE, INSTEAD OF SAYING HIS NAME, HE SAYS, "I'M WITH HER".  SO CUTE, SO INNOCENT. LIFE IS FULL OF CHANGE, SOME OF IT IS HARDER TO DEAL WITH THAN OTHERS, BUT FOR NOW, IT'S ALL OK WITH ME, AND MIKE IS A HAPPY CAMPER TOO.  HE IS NOT AT ALL DEPRESSED BECAUSE OF HIS ILLNESS, HE LOVES LIFE AND EVERY DAY HE TELLS ME HOW HAPPY HE IS BY BOTH HIS WORDS AND DEEDS.  WHAT MORE COULD I POSSIBLE ASK FOR???  HOPE YOU WILL SMELL THE ROSES TODAY-I DID!!  JUST ME