" PERFECT CHILDREN "

HERE IS YET ANOTHER UP SIDE THAT I HAVE FOUND TO BE TRUE IN MIKE'S CASE.  I AM WONDERING IF OTHERS OUT THERE WITH THIS SAME DISEASE HAVE MADE THE SAME OR SIMILAR COMMENTS ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN.  MY MIKE KEEPS SAYING WHAT WONDERFUL KIDS WE HAVE. THAT WE MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING RIGHT FOR THEM TO ALL TURN OUT SO WELL.  YESTERDAY OUR YOUNGEST PAID US A VISIT, AND MIKE SAID SHE IS SUCH A WONDERFUL GIRL.  SINCE THE DAY SHE WAS BORN (WHICH I AM SURE HE HAS NO MEMORY OF) SHE HAS NEVER GIVEN US A SINGLE PROBLEM.  SHE HAS BEEN GREAT FROM THE FIRST DAY ON. OBVIOUSLY NO CHILD IS PERFECT INCLUDING ANY OF MINE, BUT I WILL AGREE THAT THEY HAVE TURNED OUT TO BE GREAT KIDS.  I OFTEN HEAR FROM OTHERS THAT YOU HAVE THE BEST KIDS "IN THE WORLD", AND I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT. BUT THERE WERE LOTS OF BUMPS ALONG THE WAY AS ANY PARENT (WHO DOES NOT HAVE ALZHEIMER'S KNOWS).  SOMETIMES MIKE'S MEMORY WILL SEEM OK, AND THEN LIKE THE OTHER DAY WHEN I GOT HOME FROM MY MEETING HE AND BROOK (OUR 6 YEAR OLD NEIGHBOR) WERE PLAYING UNO TOGETHER, AND ARGUING OVER THE RULES, AND WHO'S TURN IT WAS.  I DID NOT KNOW WEATHER TO LAUGH OR CRY.  ALSO YESTERDAY WHEN I TOLD MIKE IT WAS TIME TO GET READY TO GO TO MY SISTERS FOR DINNER, HE ACTED LIKE IT WAS THE VERY FIRST TIME WE HAD EVER DONE THAT.  I HAD TO REMIND HIM THAT WE GO TO MY SISTER'S FOR DINNER EVERY WEEK!!  SOME THINGS ARE BEST FORGOTTEN-I FOR ONE WISH I COULD FORGET SOME THINGS FROM MY PAST, BUT THAT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT THIS DISEASE ERASES SOME OF OUR MOST PRECIOUS MOMENTS TOGETHER-I MUST LEARN TO TAKE THE GOOD WITH THE BAD, AND KEEP TRYING TO FIND THAT SILVER LINING.  THANKS AGAIN FOR LETTING ME VENT-HAVE YOURSELVES THE BEST DAY YET-JUST ME
P.S.  MY DOGS ARE EITHER VERY HAPPY OR EXTREMELY UPSET WITH MIKE.  LATELY HE FORGETS THAT HE HAS ALREADY TAKEN THEM FOR THEIR MORNING (OR AFTERNOON) WALK, AND TAKES THEM AGAIN AN HOUR OR SO LATER!!! ISN'T LIFE GRAND???