tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463278702289836291.post5755033270300301653..comments2024-02-10T05:03:51.621-05:00Comments on Alzheimer's - My Mom My Hero: LOVE AND AFFECTIONAlzheimer's My Mom My Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06521298907696128213noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463278702289836291.post-60721007020001033562013-02-21T10:17:47.951-05:002013-02-21T10:17:47.951-05:00Anne, I'm happy that you were able to make the...Anne, I'm happy that you were able to make the "right"turn and cherish the love that does remain. xoxo LisaAlzheimer's My Mom My Herohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06521298907696128213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463278702289836291.post-50538099365453318412013-02-20T08:33:18.775-05:002013-02-20T08:33:18.775-05:00Thank you, Lisa. Like you, I find writing helps a ...Thank you, Lisa. Like you, I find writing helps a great deal. I have my own blog www.viewsfromthedock.blogspot.com and I turned to that right after I wrote the above note. If you have a chance to see the 2-12-13 post, you'll see I'm doing my best to cherish the love that will always remain. --AnneAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15558780641222059677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463278702289836291.post-46381832320711653662013-02-12T13:11:44.450-05:002013-02-12T13:11:44.450-05:00Hi Anne, I am so sorry that you did not leave me y...Hi Anne, I am so sorry that you did not leave me your email address so I could answer back personally.After reading your words to me about your sentiments about your mom,it just gave me chills and all I wanted to do was to reach out and hug you.I truly understand when you say "your new mom" and "your old mom", except that as much as who she now is pains you; I believe your mom knows who you are in her heart and just cannot express it. She feels your love,your touch, your voice, your warmth. To her there will never be another you.Anne as difficult and painful as this is, please cherish what you still have left.xoxo LisaAlzheimer's My Mom My Herohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06521298907696128213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463278702289836291.post-90604413505631320612013-02-12T11:58:18.390-05:002013-02-12T11:58:18.390-05:00Hi Lisa,
It's been awhile since I've comm...Hi Lisa, <br />It's been awhile since I've commented on your blog, but I do visit it frequently and your words continue to both challenge and comfort me. Your writing today reminds me of how my sister's relationship with our Mom is providing them both with new opportunities for understanding and forgiveness... and perhaps even "closure", a word I struggle with at times. <br /><br />My own relationship with my Mom was/is different than that of my sister's. Mom and I were so close and thus, my journey with my Mom's dementia is forever challenging me. I find myself referring to my Mom as "My old Mom" and "My new Mom". My new Mom is very sweet and I have much to learn from her, but oh how I grieve for my old Mom. That Mom was my very best friend. To see that my sister is now able to reconnect with our Mom is a wonderful gift for them both, but I have to admit that I feel myself pulling away and fighting so hard to accept "my new Mom", the one who needs Dad to remind her of my name, the one who doesn't remember our past. I know that the biggest hurdle I have is to put away the labels and to simply be there for MOM--of the past, present, and future. <br /><br />Thank you for continuing to be a source of light for me as I work my way through this journey. --AnneAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15558780641222059677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463278702289836291.post-81865259247277936772013-02-11T18:23:49.462-05:002013-02-11T18:23:49.462-05:00Hi Ellen, thanks for reaching out to me. After 50+...Hi Ellen, thanks for reaching out to me. After 50+ years being on this planet and reading what you wrote me, I really understood that I was not the only one to wish for a different mom. Within the (almost) 2 yrs of my blog I have gotten many emails from daughter's expressing this, yet today it hit me in a totally different way. Hugs to you, LisaAlzheimer's My Mom My Herohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06521298907696128213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463278702289836291.post-35241273118922912742013-02-11T15:49:51.927-05:002013-02-11T15:49:51.927-05:00Lisa...you are blessed to have a bit of a second c...Lisa...you are blessed to have a bit of a second chance with your mom. I remember as a teen I wanted to have any other mom but my own. I laugh now at thinking that I could have done that. So touching your words to her and her response. Hold those special times close to your heart.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00912709342270151365noreply@blogger.com