" DID YOU EVER SMOKE " ?

I DID, SO I SAID  "YES. THEN I ASKED MIKE,  DID YOU EVER SMOKE"?  MIKE DID REMEMBER SMOKING BUT SAID HE HAD STOPPED 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO.  THEN HE THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT, AND SAID " I THINK IT MIGHT EVEN BE LONGER THAN THAT, MAYBE 8 OR 9 YEARS".  THE TRUTH IS HE QUIT SOME 25 YEARS AGO, BUT TIME IS HARD FOR MIKE TO CALCULATE.  HE ALSO SAID THE OTHER DAY THAT HIS DAD DIED ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, AND THE REALITY IS,  MIKE WAS JUST A CHILD WHEN HIS FATHER DIED, SO IT WAS MANY MORE YEARS THAN 20.   I DON'T CORRECT MIKE ANY MORE, AS IT JUST SEEMS TO FRUSTRATE HIM.  HE IS ALSO MAKING UP WORDS NOW, WHICH IS KINDA FUNNY.  AFTER DINNER, I SAID "BOY AM I FULL"! AND THEN MIKE SAYS "YES, THIS MEAL WAS VERY FULLING.".  I ASKED HIM TO REPEAT WHAT HE HAD SAID,  JUST TO BE SURE I HEARD HIM CORRECTLY, AND HE USED THE SAME WORD "FULLING" AGAIN INSTEAD OF FILLING.  IF SOMEONE ON T.V. SAYS A WORD THAT SOUNDS STRANGE TO HIM HE WILL SAY THAT'S NOT RIGHT.  LIKE LAST NIGHT WHEN WE WERE WATCHING THE NEWS AND TWICE THEY USED THE WORD "CELEBRATORY" GUN FIRE.  I HAD TO EXPLAIN WHAT THAT WORD MEANT.  NUMBERS ARE ALSO HARD FOR MIKE TO SAY CORRECTLY.  HE READ THE B.P. GAS PRICE AS THIRTY FOUR DOLLARS &NINETY NINE CENTS, (INSTEAD OF $3. 49.9.)  AND THEN ASKED ME IF THAT WAS RIGHT. I GUESS THAT BEING HERE ALL THE TIME, I SEE ALL THE NEW CHANGES IN MIKE.  ONE NEW ONE IS THAT HIS RIGHT HAND WILL SOMETIMES BE SHAKING, AND HE WILL NOT BE AWARE OF IT.  MY SISTER VICKIE HAS SEEN THAT, AND MY DAUGHTER FELINA ALSO WITNESSED THAT ON SUNDAY.  I'M JUST SO THANKFUL EVERY DAY THAT HE IS UNAWARE OF HIS REAL CONDITION, AND IS ALWAYS HAPPY AND IN A GOOD MOOD.  EVERY ONE WITH ALZHEIMER'S DOES NOT HANDLE THEIR DECLINE AS GRACEFULLY.  MAYBE THEY CAN'T, I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE DISEASE I GUESS, BUT I HAVE CERTAINLY LEARNED PATIENCE AS A RESULT OF MIKE'S. LET'S  BE KIND TO EVERYONE TODAY- WE ALL COULD USE A HUG! JUST ME