" WHAT IS THIS "??

THAT'S WHAT MIKE SAID LAST NIGHT AT DINNER WHILE HE WAS HOLDING UP A SPARE RIB!!  I ASKED HIM "HONEY, DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT THAT TASTE LIKE OR LOOKS LIKE", AND HE SAID "I'M NOT SURE".  SO I TOLD HIM IT WAS A SPARE RIB.  THEN HE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF SPARE RIB IT WAS.  SINCE I ONLY BUY PORK SPARE RIBS, I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED AGAIN, THAT HE DID NOT RECOGNIZE A SPARE RIB..  NOT AS SURPRISED HOWEVER AS WHEN HE HELD UP A SHRIMP, AND ASKED ME WHAT THAT WAS!!  I TOLD HIM WHAT IT WAS, BUT I KINDA LOST MY APPETITE AFTER THAT.  THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT MIKE IS HE NEVER SEEMS TO BE UPSET OR BOTHERED ABOUT ANY OF HIS MEMORY LOSS.  HE DOES NOT GET EMBARRASSED WHEN HE MAKES MISTAKES WHEN WE ARE PLAYING A GAME, OR WHEN HE CAN'T THINK OF A WORD HE IS TRYING TO SAY, HE JUST TAKES EVERYTHING IN HIS STRIDE.  I THINK A GOOD WAY TO SUM IT UP IS THAT MIKE HAS BECOME HUMBLE.   HE HAS TROUBLE WITH READING TOO, AND ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT A LARGE NUMBER AND SAYING IT CORRECTLY.  I GUESS THAT IS ALL PART OF THIS AWFUL DISEASE OF ALZHEIMER'S.  WE WILL BE GOING AWAY NEXT MONDAY AND TUES. FOR OUR 42 WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.  MIKE STILL LOVES TO WALK ALONG THE BEACH AND COLLECT SHELLS, SO I'M SURE THAT IS WHAT WE WILL BE DOING NEXT WEEK.  HOPE YOUR WEEK WILL BE FILLED WITH KINDNESS-TILL LATER-JUST ME