" WERE WE EVER IN SAVANNAH "?

YES, I TOLD MIKE.  WHAT I DIDN'T SAY IS THAT WE LIVED THERE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, OR THAT IS WHERE MIKE JR. WAS BORN. YESTERDAY HIS HOSPICE NURSE PEGGY ASKED HIM HOW WE MET.  HE SAID HE WAS JUST WALKING ALONG WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL, AND THERE I WAS, AND WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER EVER SINCE.  HE HAS TOLD SEVERAL DIFFERENT STORIES ABOUT HOW WE MET.  ONCE HE SAID HE WAS JUST SITTING THERE AT THE DINNING ROOM TABLE AND I WALKED IN, AND THAT'S HOW WE MET.  IT KILLS ME THAT HE HAS NO MEMORIES OF OUR PAST LIFE TOGETHER.  I'M OK WITH HIM NOT REMEMBERING ALL THE UPS AND DOWNS WE'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS, BUT HIS MIND IS LIKE A BLANK PAGE WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS WE HAVE DONE, OR PLACES WE HAVE BEEN.  HE EVEN FORGETS WHO CAME FIRST WITH OUR KIDS.  HOW DIFFICULT THAT MUST BE FOR HIM-YET HE ALWAYS SEEMS HAPPY, AND SELDOM COMPLAINS ABOUT ANY THING. WHEN THE NURSE WEIGHED HIM YESTERDAY WE WERE BOTH IN SHOCK.  I KNEW HE HAD BEEN LOSING WEIGHT, BUT NOW HE IS DOWN TO 141. AN ALL TIME LOW.  THEY ARE GOING TO PUT HIM ON AN APPETITE PILL THAT SHOULD HELP ALSO WITH HIS BONE PAIN.  I FIND MYSELF NOT ABLE TO SLEEP EVEN WITH A SLEEPING PILL, AND I AM HAVING A HARD TIME TAKING IN A FULL BREATH-I HAVE TO YAWN IN ORDER TO DO THAT.  ON THE OUT SIDE, I SEEM CALM, AND DO ALL I CAN TO MAKE EACH DAY A GOOD ONE FOR MIKE.  WE WATCH FUNNY SHOWS (LIKE LUCY), OR LISTEN TO OLDIES  TOGETHER ON THE LOVE SEAT, BUT ON THE INSIDE I AM LIKE A CRUSHED REED.  I JUST KEEP TELLING MYSELF THAT THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF TIME FOR CRYING AND SELF PITY LATER ON, BUT FOR NOW-IT'S  ALL ABOUT MIKE!!  IT IS JUST NOW A LITTLE PAST 7AM, AND I'VE ALREADY FED THE DOGIES, AND MADE MY SPECIAL COFFEE.  I GUESS I WILL READ SOME NOW, AND WAIT FOR MIKE TO WAKE UP.  TREASURE ALL YOUR SPECIAL MOMENTS-TILL TOMORROW-JUST ME