" YOU'RE MY VERY BEST FRIEND "

MIKE AND I WERE WATCHING T.V. TOGETHER, AND THEN HE STARTED STARING AT ME.  THE NEXT THING I KNEW HE SAID THE ABOVE.  HE JUST CAN'T SAY OR DO ENOUGH NICE THINGS FOR ME LATELY-GOSH HOW I WISH THESE CHANGES WOULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE YEARS AGO!!!  I WAKE UP TO HIM SCRATCHING MY BACK AND GO TO SLEEP THE SAME WAY.  I CAN HONESTLY SAY THIS IS DEFINITELY  THE UPSIDE TO ALZHEIMER'S!!! I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED HOWEVER AT THE ATTENTION HE IS PAYING TO THIS "DEAD DOLL" WE NOW HAVE NAMED ANGEL.  YESTERDAY I WAS IN THE LIVING ROOM AND MIKE WAS IN THE DINING ROOM.  I SAW HIM PICK UP ANGEL AND HOLD HER FOR A FEW MINUTES, AND THEN PUT HER BACK ON HER POTTY CHAIR-TOOOO FUNNY!!!  HE IS ALSO TALKING MORE AND MORE TO OUR TWO DOGS, AS IF THEY WERE CHILDREN.  HE WILL SAY THINGS LIKE "EXCUSE ME PRISKA", OR "PLEASE GET DOWN PRESLEY". IT'S LIKE HE IS AFRAID OF HURTING THEIR FEELINGS OR SOMETHING.  MIKE ALSO CONTINUES TO GIVE THEM PART OF HIS FOOD AT EVERY MEAL, SO THEY JUST SIT QUIETLY STARING AT HIM, AND WAITING FOR HIM TO FINISH.  HE JUST DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS KILLING THEM WITH KINDNESS.  HE IS STILL VERY GOOD ABOUT TAKING THEM FOR THEIR WALKS TWICE A DAY, AND I AM VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.  I THINK IT IS GOOD FOR ALL OF THEM.  WELL THE WEEK END WILL BE HERE SOON, AND THERE IS MUCH TO DO TODAY-I'M STILL PLAYING CATCH UP FROM OUR SON'S FAMILY VISIT.  OH SO MUCH FUN!!!  THE VISIT-NOT THE CATCHING UP!!  SO TILL MONDAY-KEEP A SMILE IN YOUR HEART-JUST ME