tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130187.post4342628921395172064..comments2023-04-05T09:02:50.513-05:00Comments on Alzheimer's Moments: Empty WindowsGavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130187.post-19529529663658659262009-11-19T11:23:11.495-05:002009-11-19T11:23:11.495-05:00not corny at all. I'll be scanning the paper a...not corny at all. I'll be scanning the paper and see that Wegman's has roast beef on sale and immediately reach for the phone to call my mother to ask if she wants me to pick her up some..it's like a flash...comes and goes in half a second before I remember that she's gone since 1983. I can't even explain it. I hadn't even thought about it until I read your post. And now ILaceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06707866603299800164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130187.post-22562287275506048762009-11-11T00:06:16.553-05:002009-11-11T00:06:16.553-05:00[I sent to soon . . . wanted to add this . . . ]
I...[I sent to soon . . . wanted to add this . . . ]<br />I've had those same feelings over these past 4 1/2 years as my life changed so drastically in such a short time.ArichNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194247769773468507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130187.post-23356033568326980372009-11-11T00:04:11.963-05:002009-11-11T00:04:11.963-05:00It's not corny at all. I'm reminded of a ...It's not corny at all. I'm reminded of a quote I put once on my blog, a quote from Angels in America: "Nothing lasts forever. In this world there's a kind of painful progress; longing for what we've left behind, and dreaming ahead..."ArichNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194247769773468507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130187.post-1487577506565891712009-11-09T15:22:56.984-05:002009-11-09T15:22:56.984-05:00Ugh! I should learn not to read blogs while I'...Ugh! I should learn not to read blogs while I'm at work. I'm tearing up terribly at my desk.<br /><br />I totally get the scene/feeling you wrote about. After we moved my mom into care, I'd go over to her house to check on it (while we were figuring out what to do with it). I'd walk around making sure all was in order and almost expect mom to be in her usual spots. Every citygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01337184917158798153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130187.post-73972754865967466162009-11-09T13:44:30.105-05:002009-11-09T13:44:30.105-05:00I was crying when I wrote this post so y'all a...I was crying when I wrote this post so y'all aren't alone in shedding any tears. I filled up again when I re-read it before writing this comment.<br /><br />I've also caught myself reaching for the tv remote to turn down the volume so it won't wake up mother dear. So interesting how our minds get trained.Gavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11529817984024909175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130187.post-27918039560885490482009-11-09T09:46:23.752-05:002009-11-09T09:46:23.752-05:00Your post brings a lump to my throat. You are a go...Your post brings a lump to my throat. You are a good son.Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708010694158542241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130187.post-59240561202084744942009-11-08T19:17:53.335-05:002009-11-08T19:17:53.335-05:00You had to make me cry didn't you. I had not t...You had to make me cry didn't you. I had not thought about mom coming to check on me while I was doing yard work. She used to come out and yell if she could not see me from the window. It used to bug me to death. Now she just sits in her easy chair all day and does not even notice I am not in the room.karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11078744172786664046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130187.post-13303456436079607842009-11-08T15:14:42.203-05:002009-11-08T15:14:42.203-05:00That watchfulness is tough to shift, isn't it?...That watchfulness is tough to shift, isn't it? It was pretty ingrained in me after just a month or two with my Mother, so I can imagine that it'll take a good while for you before you stop looking over your shoulder. I believe that noticing these little tics and reporting them is a large part of conquering them, though. <br /><br />I feel it's a valuable thing to report the continual Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15270177252139637687noreply@blogger.com