I wonder if people with Dementia<\/p>\n
ever really feel sad?<\/p>\n
They seem to be in a world all their own<\/p>\n
while we sit and watch them fade<\/p>\n
from who and what they use to be.<\/p>\n
Is it sad because we’re sad?<\/p>\n
feeling helpless in our dilemma.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Do people with Dementia really know<\/p>\n
the pain you feel<\/p>\n
because you can’t reach them and bring them back<\/p>\n
to the life you once knew?<\/p>\n
The life they helped to create.<\/p>\n
A life that is all but lost;<\/p>\n
somehow erased never to be experienced again.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Where did it all go?<\/p>\n
Their whole life is consumed by the here and now<\/p>\n
No thought for the past,<\/p>\n
no thought for the future.<\/p>\n
and \u00a0their whole life suddenly becomes your life.<\/p>\n
you are now the care-taker<\/p>\n
when you once were the child.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Is it cruel<\/p>\n
to feel resentment, anger , and shame<\/p>\n
when they can’t relate to what use to be<\/p>\n
and all you have are memories of what was?<\/p>\n
There’s nothing kind about Dementia<\/p>\n
for those who have to sit and watch.<\/p>\n
The pain is real,<\/p>\n
but not for those who suffer with Dementia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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