when i really listened to the lyrics of this song for the first time, i was stunned. thankfully too stunned to start sobbing on the bus i was on. these lyrics are an almost perfect expression of what it is like to care for a parent with alzheimer's. they forget you, yet they retain a shadow of recognition as if they know they are supposed to love you, but can't remember why. you care for them knowing the odds that you will likely share their fate one day. they are lost in another plane of reality, and the path you walk together seems interminable.
touching the shoulder is a common method of comforting a person with alzheimer's. so is television. my grandmother believed the people on television were her real family.
i am a gerontologist by trade, but that, i did for free.
when i really listened to the lyrics of this song for the first time, i was stunned. thankfully too stunned to start sobbing on the bus i was on. these lyrics are an almost perfect expression of what it is like to care for a parent with alzheimer's. they forget you, yet they retain a shadow of recognition as if they know they are supposed to love you, but can't remember why. you care for them knowing the odds that you will likely share their fate one day. they are lost in another plane of reality, and the path you walk together seems interminable.
touching the shoulder is a common method of comforting a person with alzheimer's. so is television. my grandmother believed the people on television were her real family.
i am a gerontologist by trade, but that, i did for free.
this song devastates me.
Thank you for sharing that. It really adds a lot to my understanding of this song.
Thank you for sharing that. It really adds a lot to my understanding of this song.