Comments on: Memory http://overflowingbrain.com/2009/04/22/memory/ Witnessing absurdity since 1983. With room for crazy since 2007. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:29:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Flea http://overflowingbrain.com/2009/04/22/memory/comment-page-1/#comment-3568 Flea Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:58:00 +0000 http://overflowingbrain.com/?p=651#comment-3568 How sweet. I'm so glad it was a pleasant visit, even if it was heart breaking in some ways.<br /><br />But holy crap, woman! Does living in CA mean you'll be near the MIL? Did I miss that part? How sweet. I’m so glad it was a pleasant visit, even if it was heart breaking in some ways.

But holy crap, woman! Does living in CA mean you’ll be near the MIL? Did I miss that part?

]]> By: Melissa http://overflowingbrain.com/2009/04/22/memory/comment-page-1/#comment-3564 Melissa Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:25:00 +0000 http://overflowingbrain.com/?p=651#comment-3564 Beautiful post. My husband's grandmother also had Alzheimer's. She couldn't attend our wedding and died just two weeks later. It still makes me sad that I never got to meet her, even as the disease stole so much of the woman my husband grew up knowing and loving. Beautiful post. My husband’s grandmother also had Alzheimer’s. She couldn’t attend our wedding and died just two weeks later. It still makes me sad that I never got to meet her, even as the disease stole so much of the woman my husband grew up knowing and loving.

]]> By: Sue G http://overflowingbrain.com/2009/04/22/memory/comment-page-1/#comment-3563 Sue G Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:06:00 +0000 http://overflowingbrain.com/?p=651#comment-3563 Katie, you have such a tender heart. Oh, I know you try to hide it behind your quick wit and rapier tongue, but you really are an old soul. <br /><br />So many kids today (and, yes, still in your 20's qualifies you as a kid) can't see beyond the next "me" moment. Yet, you really empathized with this woman, with all she lost. I guess the gift in Alzheimer's is that she can't comprehend what she's lost.<br /><br />Thanks for a poignant story that reminds us that we can always reach out and connect with someone...even if that someone isn't able to connect with much herself.<br /><br />You dun good, kid. Katie, you have such a tender heart. Oh, I know you try to hide it behind your quick wit and rapier tongue, but you really are an old soul.

So many kids today (and, yes, still in your 20′s qualifies you as a kid) can’t see beyond the next “me” moment. Yet, you really empathized with this woman, with all she lost. I guess the gift in Alzheimer’s is that she can’t comprehend what she’s lost.

Thanks for a poignant story that reminds us that we can always reach out and connect with someone…even if that someone isn’t able to connect with much herself.

You dun good, kid.

]]> By: Five Small Meals http://overflowingbrain.com/2009/04/22/memory/comment-page-1/#comment-3562 Five Small Meals Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:37:00 +0000 http://overflowingbrain.com/?p=651#comment-3562 It's hard to watch someone lose their memory like that, but it sounds like you and Slappy handled it beautifully. And she sounds like she's really a very sweet woman. It’s hard to watch someone lose their memory like that, but it sounds like you and Slappy handled it beautifully. And she sounds like she’s really a very sweet woman.

]]> By: justlori2day http://overflowingbrain.com/2009/04/22/memory/comment-page-1/#comment-3561 justlori2day Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:14:00 +0000 http://overflowingbrain.com/?p=651#comment-3561 What a sweet and wonderful visit - even with the hiccups and the horrible feeling you had about her not attending your wedding, it was special because it sounds like she was more than you expected. I am glad you made the trip to see her, and I hope you have that chance again!<br /><br />Dont fret over the wedding. Jims grandmother checked herself into the hospital the day we were married so she didnt have to ride the boat with a lot of people she didnt know - I never allowed myself to feel bad because I knew she would have been confused and miserable. Remind yourself of that when you feel bad about her not being there. She would have been very confused - probably agitated and most likely never remember it in the first place.<br /><br />Take care pretty girl! What a sweet and wonderful visit – even with the hiccups and the horrible feeling you had about her not attending your wedding, it was special because it sounds like she was more than you expected. I am glad you made the trip to see her, and I hope you have that chance again!

Dont fret over the wedding. Jims grandmother checked herself into the hospital the day we were married so she didnt have to ride the boat with a lot of people she didnt know – I never allowed myself to feel bad because I knew she would have been confused and miserable. Remind yourself of that when you feel bad about her not being there. She would have been very confused – probably agitated and most likely never remember it in the first place.

Take care pretty girl!

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