And the beat goes on

......no matter what takes place ....life goes on it's merry way. Sis and I are struggling with another one of life's curves it throws out there periodically. How to deal with the loss of another parent. No, no one has died but she is slipping away from all who knew her. Those of us who love her will miss her funny ways but she taught us a lot since she came into our lives. We took to her kicking and screaming as children and learned to appreciate and love her as young adults. She made dad a very happy man almost to the end. She didn't want to let him go and I can understand that. He was tired of the fight and wanted her to let him go. She refused. I might do the same in her shoes. Hoping to never find out. Now it's her turn to have a body turn against itself. In her case, her mind. It's awful to think you pray that a stroke or heart attack is the answer and not the effects of the dementia. The disease that steals a person of who they are. I remember reading one time of someone with Alzheimers (sp?) asking - "who will I be when I'm no longer me? " what a horrible thing to deal with.

  Nevermind..........