Dear Ed! First, a big hug for you. For someone who doesn't do emotions, you are very good at writing about them. I don't think you had ever made me cry, always make me smile and pretty much laugh. But today this has squeezed my heart a bit and brought a few tears to my eyes. I do emotions a lot. There you have it, something we are not alike.
My great-grandmother had dementia and I was a teenager at the time. I didn't have to deal with her other than to spoil her a lot. I remember she was like a child. And a great friend of my mother's lived with Alzheimer's for many years and for her daughters it was very hard. It was like having the living body of someone who once was but who was no longer there.
Beyond the tears, I enjoyed reading this. It's the first time I've read something like this from you where you openly talk about your family with emotion and you know what? you're good at it. Your mom and dad wherever they are, I like to think those we loved are somewhere in a parallel universe, I'm sure they are very proud of you. Big big hugs 🤗😘
Aww thank you for this Super Eli:)
Well sometimes to really appreciate the good times, we need to through the not so good times.
That is exactly how it is like. In the beginning you laugh it off as just the person's memory playing tricks, then you realise it is so much worse. Telling someone they have it is not easy either. They regress and start to remember their childhood vividly. I remember once I took my parents on holiday, and mother says stop we need to get a postcard to send to her mummy who had died years before.
I am glad you have not really had to deal with it, those daughters really must have had a hard time. I think it is good if there are people to share the load.
You have to be vigilant and watch almost all the time!
Well I like to make you laugh and smile, not so much the tears, so yes we are different in that part. Am not so sure I am good at writing about emotions, but I know I can write about my experiences, whether they be funny or a wee bit more serious.
Thank you for your kind and sweet words Eliana and big big hugs right back at you:)
That's true, we wouldn't appreciate the good things if we didn't go through the bad things from time to time.
Yes, I didn't have to deal with it. I was very young at the time, but I remember my grandmother and her sisters and even my mum had a hard time. I can even remember when one of my grandmother's sisters passed. She was a diabetic and had a leg amputated, and soon after that, she died of a heart attack. My great grandmother who I called Meme, I don't think she was ever aware of all that and that her daughter had passed.
It must be very difficult to deal with such a situation with someone so near and dear to you. I'm so sorry you had to go through that.
And I love that you make me laugh seriously and you know that. But tears are also a part of life Ed, and sometimes it's such a relief to shed them. ;) xoxo
Yes we need the good and not so good Super Eli!
hehe yes tears are part of life Eli, but I still rather make you laugh than cry!
Oh that perhaps was a relief that she did not know her daughter had passed. That was a positive in a not so good situation.
Thank you for this Super Eli and giving you a big bear hug:) 🤗🤗
I'd rather you made me laugh and smile, Super Ed 😉😄
And the bear hug received, thank you 💙💙 love you friend 😽😽😽
hehe yes I will stick to making you laugh and smile Super Eli.
I can't be doing with having to pass you a hankie!
Love you too friend 💙💙🐈🐈🐈
Jaja!!
so I can't count on your shoulder for a little cry now and then, eh? 😉
Morning Super Ed 🤗
jeje you know YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON ME for a little cry now and then, you know that Super Eli jeje
Good afternoon Super Eli, I see you posted and tagged me, that looked gorgeous and in reply to that post which I read on the mobile as I am answering notification on the laptop is no I have not made my PUD post yet, jaja JIT is coming back!