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Bridget, How very touching. Thank you for sharing. Lindy

Alzheimers is one of the cruellest illnesses - you are robbed of the person twice. but somewhere in the dark recesses of their minds a little spark is still there and sometimes - just sometimes - you are lucky enough to see it - and as soon as it is there - the moment has gone. You treasure that moment - hold it in your heart - and remember it when next you see them and there is only the vacant look in their eyes. I believe that somewhere in their hearts they remember - but their minds dont.

Bridget - how moving. This is the one thing l dread other than cancer - god forbid l get neither. Thank you for putting this on here,makes us all realise how precious life and love is.Fortunately l tell my husband and children everyday that l love them - my daughter is 29yrs and has just phoned and l told her then, my son (27yrs)is on honeymoon and rings or sends text messages and l told him as well - you just never know whats around that corner!!!! Jude

What a very moving piece sad and yet hidden love there as well sometimes we should be like this before we are unfortunately to ill to understand and do not tell me how we really love them

I found the following in a newspaper some weeks ago and just wanted to share it with you all. I know it will have special significance for some of you. I thought it was so beautiful and conveyed Oh, so much love. To my wife Dorothy, who is an Alzheimer’s sufferer and will never read it. When I look into your eyes and hold your hand. Can you sense my love and really understand. That a smile from you can help to ease the pain And enable me to feel that we are one again. That a loving touch can impart an inner thrill, Should a vestige of your love be with you still? Do you know that times are hard and life is real? Or do you live in a world abstract, surreal? No power have I to understand, explain, The tortuous workings of a failing brain. My imagination is the stuff of dreams, With thoughts and wishes only barren dreams. Cruel common sense and facts do not defray The constant love that holds me in its sway. My harassed brain says, “Bear up” and “carry on” But the light that shone ahead is almost gone. With an aching void and tears that bide inside, How can I live without you by my side? Each time I leave you in your “Home of Care” I face my uselessness with near despair. The meetings of our minds I cannot renew. Nor the happiness together we once knew. You will not know the reasons why I’m so sad For you have no memory of the “Special Love” we had (Bob Southwood) Bridget x