Sprinkle of happiness.

Ft Lauderdale, Sweetie and Tweetie meet.

The back story, as they say now a days. It is Saturday morning, we flew to Ft Lauderdale to get Tweetie. This was our first stop after we had driven her off the lot. October 14, 2018. Sweetie still had most of her memories, and capabilities to be good company and a joy on this trip. One of those jewels on my memory crown about her. 

It is hard not feeling sorry for myself. To compound this feeling, all I'd have to do is look back at all the disappointments in my life and beg the question, "Why me?" or "What else could go wrong?". Would that make it any better? Would that change anything that I have to do today? Feeling sorry for myself, only lets the monster Dementia engulf me and makes both Sweetie and me miserable. 

If I concentrate on the good things, then life has a purpose, life has its rewards, life will be lived on a plane that is about the murkiness of sorrow. I've said it before, and it is so true today. Without the sorrow, how can I experience joy? Without the tears, how can I enjoy the laughter? Without the dark, I would never know what walking in the light is about. 

Dementia is a monster that is devouring my Sweetie, and I can't do anything about that. What I can do, is enjoy those times we have left. The good times will be sandwiched in between the sad and sorrow times, but it will be there, I just have to find them. A continual Easter Egg hunt. 

Yesterday was a mixed bag of ups and downs. To begin with, breakfast. I cooked up some diced Spam, hash brown potatoes, and scrambled eggs for breakfast. Because it was something new, Sweetie just poked at it, ate some, and just didn't like it. Then the good times began. A trip to the grocery store, a walk at the mall, watched "The Santa Clause" movie. A good dinner, with chocolate cake for dessert, and bed. A great evening, with a end of a good day. 

There is a sprinkle of happiness all about. Driver wants me to make sure to find them. When there are sprinkles of tears, He turns on the windshield wipers, to wipe away the tears, which leaves the eyes sparkling. I don't know what today will bring, what I do know is that while I'm on the Road to Dementia Town, Driver and me will be together, as we keep our Shiny Side Up. C'ya, Luv ya, and God Bless.