HOW DO YOU SPELL " M U C H " ?

I SOMETIMES FORGET WHAT A SMART MAN MIKE ALWAYS WAS-HE WAS THE FAMILIES WALKING DICTIONARY.  NOW-NOT SO MUCH.  WE GOT SOME CARDS FOR OUR LITTLE GRAD DAUGHTERS, AND MIKE WAS WRITING A NOTE ON ONE WHEN HE ASKED THE ABOVE QUESTION.  I HAVE THOUGHT OF MR. D. SO MUCH LATELY (A LOVELY MAN WITH ALZHEIMER'S THAT I TOOK CARE OF FOR SEVERAL YEARS), AS MIKE IS NOW DOING MANY OF THE SAME THINGS HE USE TO DO WHEN I TOOK CARE OF HIM.   HE TOO WAS A LOVELY MAN. A PHARMACIST!!  HE WOULD TELL ME THINGS ON OUR WALKS (IN THE BEGINNING) THAT I FOUND SO INTERESTING.  LIKE THERE ARE OVER 100 VARIETIES OF OAK TREES!!  AS THE YEARS WENT BY, HE WOULD START READING OUT LOUD, ALL THE SIGNS ALONG THE ROAD.  AT FIRST THIS STARTLED ME AS I WAS DRIVING AND DIDN'T QUITE KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF THAT.  NOW, WHEN MIKE DOES IT, IT BRINGS BACK FOND MEMORIES OF MR. D.  ALZHEIMER'S EFFECTS MANY PEOPLE IN THE SAME WAYS, I GUESS IT MAY ALSO DEPEND ON WHAT TYPE OF ALZHEIMER'S A PERSON HAS.  LIKE WITH SO MANY OTHER ILLNESSES, THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES.  MY SISTER'S HUSBAND (GEORGE) ALSO HAD ALZHEIMER'S.  THEY LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM US, AND WHAT A BLESSING THAT HAS PROVED TO BE.  HE HAD MANY OTHER PROBLEMS IN ADDITION TO THE ALZHEIMER'S, SO SADLY HE DIED WAY TOO YOUNG.  SO FAR, MIKE IS IN GOOD PHYSICAL HEATH-STAYS ACTIVE IN HIS YARD WORK-AND STILL EATS AND ENJOYS FOOD (WAY TOO MUCH!!).  MIKE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY HIS CONDITION.  HE HAS ACCEPTED IT WITH MUCH MORE GRACE THAN I COULD EVER HAVE IMAGINED, AND ALWAYS IS IN A GOOD MOOD.  I HOPE AND PRAY THAT NO MATTER WHAT LIES AHEAD, HE WILL STAY HAPPY.  LIFE'S A GIFT-ENJOY IT!! JUST ME