Monday, July 18, 2011

" WHERE DOES FELINA LIVE "?

I CAN NOT TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE HAD TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, AND THE MYRIADS OF QUESTIONS THAT COME AFTER IT.!!  ONCE I SAY SHE IS STILL IN MIKE'S HOUSE, HE GETS ALL EXCITED AND ASKS "DOES THAT MEAN THEY ARE BACK TOGETHER"?  I HAVE NO IDEA WHY SOME THINGS HE REMEMBERS SO WELL.  LIKE HE WILL SAY "I WALKED HER DOWN THE AISLE YOU KNOW".  OF COURSE I KNOW, I'M JUST SURPRISED YOU  KNOW (AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT I AM THINKING).  HE ALSO REMEMBERS THAT HIS SON MIKE JR. AND THE WHOLE FAMILY IS COMING FOR A VISIT SOON.  HE KEEPS ASKING ME FOR THE NAMES AND AGES OF BOTH LILLYAN AND AUTUMN OUR TWO YOUNGEST GRANDCHILDREN.  HE LOOKS AT PICTURES ALL THE TIME.  I HAVE A WHOLE WALL OF PICTURES, AND THERE ARE DAYS THAT HE WILL ASK ME "WHO'S THIS ONE"? OR "WHO IS THAT"?.  I THINK HE IS REALLY TRYING TO REMEMBER AS MUCH AS HE CAN BY REPETITION.  THE QUESTIONS THAT HURT ME THE MOST ARE "HAVE WE EVER LIVED THERE"?  OR, "HAVE WE EVER BEEN THERE"? WHEN A COMMERCIAL COMES ON FOR A CERTAIN PLACE-YESTERDAY IT WAS SAVANNAH.  I SAID "YES, WE LIVED THERE FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS".  THEN HE WANTED TO KNOW IF THE KIDS WENT TO SCHOOL THERE.  I HAD TO REMIND HIM THAT FELINA WAS JUST 5 WHEN WE MOVED TO ORLANDO, AND MIKE JR. WAS NOT QUITE 2 YET, AND FONDA WAS NOT EVEN HERE YET.   MIKE IS MUCH MORE EMOTIONAL THESE DAYS.  HE IS ALSO HAPPIER AND CALMER TOO.  I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT ALZHEIMER'S HAS HAD SOME VERY GOOD AND POSITIVE EFFECTS ON MIKE-HE IS GRATEFUL FOR EVERY DAY, AND WANTS TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT. I THINK WE ALL SHOULD LIVE LIFE THAT WAY!!  TILL TOMORROW-JUST ME

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