tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post2260766721199178689..comments2024-03-29T01:35:22.790+00:00Comments on TONE DEAF: My younger brotherRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-91874474638788881542015-08-12T11:15:23.070+01:002015-08-12T11:15:23.070+01:00A dreadful disease, RR and one we could all be sus...A dreadful disease, RR and one we could all be susceptible to. One just hopes it will not be me or my loved ones. I suppose, if it is me, I shall no longer be aware of it all anyway, but that leaves the others to bear the care, sorrow and frustration.<br /><br />Hamlet's "To be or not to be" comes to mind.............Avushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-91222079313002311432015-08-08T14:58:18.336+01:002015-08-08T14:58:18.336+01:00Blonde Two: It's peculiarly difficult to see A...Blonde Two: It's peculiarly difficult to see Alzheimer's belonging to a world that calls itself Christian. There's a case to be made for saying that the malady is akin to having fragments of one's soul removed day by day.<br /><br />Lucy: I have heard it said that post-Alzheimer X is no longer X. But I am not able to do this with Nick. Don't want to. I still have the gift of articulacy and sympathy and it is my duty to use both in ways that ensure I see him as I've always seen him. It's difficult but it's up to me to do what he no longer can do.<br /><br />Ellena: At the time I was simply surprised. Later it became more than that.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-36114204076914465262015-08-08T13:49:52.549+01:002015-08-08T13:49:52.549+01:00Yes to Lucy.
The "good moment" is his un...Yes to Lucy.<br />The "good moment" is his unforgettable gift to you. Ellenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14965850008354379369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-83222870570115048992015-08-08T12:34:13.088+01:002015-08-08T12:34:13.088+01:00Verbs but no nouns, things are evaporating, everyt...Verbs but no nouns, things are evaporating, everything in a state evanescent flux, a terrible negation. But you recreated matter out of energy, out of wisps of memory and perception, so his brother became a solid, living form again, if only for a little time. Worth doing, well done.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-6209041724740752782015-08-08T09:50:27.893+01:002015-08-08T09:50:27.893+01:00An all too familiar picture here, for us it is my ...An all too familiar picture here, for us it is my mother in law; your description has moved me.<br />There are not many things in this world that make me ask the question, "Why?" but Alzheimers is one of them.Blonde Twohttp://twoblondeswalking.comnoreply@blogger.com