November is National Alzheimers Month

Alzheimers does not just affect the person with the disease but yet everyone in the family that is involved. Please take a moment and donate to the Alzheimers Assocation. If we all pitch in help, maybe someday there will be a cure for this horriable disease that affects so many.

We have watched mom slowly turn into a shell of what she once was. In the beginning, we saw glimpses of who she was. There are no more glimpses...if she remembers our names it makes us happy.

We watch dad, take care of her. He is amazing with her and he does whatever he can for her. He tries to do it all and at times does. If only he would take the help that our family tries to give him. As a caregiver, he neglects himself againest the pleas of all of us.

Let's hope that one day their will be a cure.

The Alzheimer Prayer
Author Unknown
Please grant my visitors tolerance for my confusion,
Forgiveness for my irrationality and the strength
To walk with me into the mist of memory
My world has become.

Please let them take my hand and stay awhile,
Even though I seem unaware of their presence.

Help them to know how their strength
And loving care will drift slowly
Into the days to come just when I need it most.

Let them know when I don't recognize them
That I will. . . I will.
Keep their hearts free from sorrow for me,
For my sorrow, when it comes,
Only lasts a moment, then it's gone.

And finally, please let them know,
How very much their visits mean,
How even through this relentless mystery,
I can still feel their love.

A moment of Change

As we welcome Obama as our new president. I can't help but be excitied! Even if you weren't aboard with him, there is a magic to his words. When he speaks, you stop and listen to what he has to say. In all my life, I have never been moved be a president. I have liked this one or that but never moved.

Never moved to vote. Never moved to care enough to listen to what they had to say. I am moved by the greatness of this man. I am moved by his words and his promises. I know that not all promises will be kept. I believe in Obama and our America.

Even Hunter picked him to vote at his school. Maybe children know more than we think. As I ran my errands today, I looked around. Everyone seems happier and ready for the future. I think this may have been the change that we need. Thank you America for being the great country you are!

I am very proud to be an American!