bedpanmoneyman
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In Mom's Memory
I knew this day was coming. Eight years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's, my mother passed away early this morning at the age of 81. Her last few years were not pleasant with this horrible disease and she certainly deserved better, as did my dad who served as her caregiver. My parents were married 60 years, typical for their generation, married right after dad returned from the war; made a living from a dairy and chicken farm all their lives; had the same friends they danced and played cards with every week for 60 years. Mom was hard working, her day started at 5 am and usually ended at 11 pm...that happens on a dairy & chicken farm. Yet, she and dad always had energy for dancing on Saturdays to big band music. They luckily got to travel to many places in the U.S. & abroad when they were in their late 50s and all through their 60s after "retiring" from farm work. She had a rewarding life, just not the ending I would have hoped for in her last years. I'll miss her, but her soul is in a much better place now and she won't be suffering anymore....and neither will my dad.
BPMM
I knew this day was coming. Eight years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's, my mother passed away early this morning at the age of 81. Her last few years were not pleasant with this horrible disease and she certainly deserved better, as did my dad who served as her caregiver. My parents were married 60 years, typical for their generation, married right after dad returned from the war; made a living from a dairy and chicken farm all their lives; had the same friends they danced and played cards with every week for 60 years. Mom was hard working, her day started at 5 am and usually ended at 11 pm...that happens on a dairy & chicken farm. Yet, she and dad always had energy for dancing on Saturdays to big band music. They luckily got to travel to many places in the U.S. & abroad when they were in their late 50s and all through their 60s after "retiring" from farm work. She had a rewarding life, just not the ending I would have hoped for in her last years. I'll miss her, but her soul is in a much better place now and she won't be suffering anymore....and neither will my dad.
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