I also lost my Mom at almost 85 (couple months shy) and doctors said she also had Alzheimer's, I feel she was pleasant confused, and had mild dementia...but I'm not a medical doctor...but I dressed hair in nursing homes, hospitals, and funeral homes for 17 years..so I saw Alzheimer's and Dementia on a daily basis...My mom knew me up to her last breath...
The three years she was in the nursing home, she spent every day with me in the salon, she even cleaned perm rods, and sorted them into the colors, red, blue yellow and straightened the end papers and told me to reuse them to save money...lol....ahhhh the memories..
You're so correct saying we can handle death, but the lost of memory and becoming a vegetable is so heart rendering and frightening...
My out look is to take one day at a time..and put it all in the hands of the Lord...
Just wanted to share, that at one time,,I think it was 1976 I dressed the hair of TIM CONWAY'S step mother, a wonderful woman, talented and drew her Christmas card and sent me one..she was so proud of her step son. that was in West Lake OH.. also did the hair of George Steinbrenner Mother, who was a super nice lady...she always wore a RUBY AND DIAMOND broach that said NEW YORK YANKEES...just beautiful and stunning..she once gave me her recipe for butterscotch Brownies, I sat down to copy it and she said...’no darling, keep the card, my baking days are over’ I still have that darn recipe. ...OK...enough from me..time to say GOOD NITE, FREE REPUBLIC...
Nice post,thanks,and you certainly have met some VERY interesting people.
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