Alzheimer and Being Married

I have witnessed many married folk here feeding their loved ones.
Watching them deal with the stages of decline...

"He spoke! Oh I have missed your voice"
"Wake up sweety, take a bite"
" Why is he sleeping only when i am here?"
"Open your eyes, There you go"
"Ice cream will you eat ice cream?"

Going from giggling and smiling
to open-mouthed slack faced nothing.
No, not medication
just the disease.

A husband was being taught how to spoon feed his wife
who he had brought pizza every day-
He started to cry and left the room.
You know what is coming
you see it everywhere there.
I just think it is more difficult for the husbands and wives.
They are left alone in the house they bought together
They have the grandchildren and want so badly to share with them

Meanwhile my mom is still eating food
and the other day was singing gibberish loudly so we all clapped to the beat
and applauded laughing because we had no idea what she was singing
or where that came from .
She is still quite mobile and can be difficult at times but she keeps them
laughing .

She said she hear a man calling her name.... "hear it?
"  Dorothy.              -            Dorothy.  "