The Way It Used To Be

This New Life

I'm calling this my "new life" but it's not one I'm enjoying. The Way It Used To Be was far preferable to the way it is now. My mate of 50+ years is going down a road without me. He's still around physically but life for him (and me) since August has changed so radically that I can hardly remember The Way It Used To Be. Although the family doc hasn't come out and said as much it would seem that Alzheimer's symptoms have entered the picture. He forgets things, he asks me if he can eat this or do that, he sits and stares at nothing sometimes, he often reads only one or two pages of the paper. It's hard not to lose patience with him, when he suggests doing some grocery shopping but doesn't remember how full the freezer and fridge are.

Waking up every day is waking up to another life.

posted by railtrax @ 2:51 PM