Today marks five months since dads passing. As I was going through my old word and excel files to place on the new computer, I came across this song I had written a few hours after my mom passed away back in August of 2009. I think Claudia may have been the only one I showed it to. It had deeply personal meaning to me back then. Still does, but I didnt see the harm sharing it with you now. For those of you who dont know, mom passed of Alzheimers / Dementia after almost 11 years since diagnosis. This is an unusually long time; most patients pass 7 years from diagnosis. My dad never wavered once, caring for her from his home to the day she died. This was a major sacrifice, and he paid a heavy cost physically and emotionally for this choice. Once gone, hed lost his soul mate, and even though mom could not respond to him by voice for more than seven years, there was still an occasional spark in her eyes that let him know that she was still paying attention, and still knew that he was there and hadnt abandoned her. I tried to put myself in his mindset. This is what I came up with:
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 12:08:20 +0000
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