Greatest joy.

Us, 2012.

I was talking with a friend of mine the other day and we talked about time, and the prospective of how we look at it. It is like this picture, just 9 years ago. It seems like a flash. That it wasn't that long ago, and yet before those years were here, it seemed like it took forever to get here. 

Anticipation and memories are two different time spans. One you have to wait for it, and the other is after the event. It is the doppler effect of life. The great build up, and then it happens, and is gone. Whatever happens after the event, is now the memory. Good or bad, doesn't matter, it is just a memory. 

As memories go, I can choose which ones I will dwell upon. I choose those, like the pictures I use on this blog. As to who my Sweetie is, I choose those memories that bring me the greatest joy. I stack them up like log for a fire, and I use them to keep me focus on who she is. She isn't the woman with a fading memory who doesn't know who I am, or who Sweetie is, she is the love of my life, the precious gift from my Driver and I have to keep that memory as the anchor of our life today. 

Thursday

It was a good day. On the cool side, with just enough wind to make it challenging. I had made up my mind that we wouldn't spend the day in the house. It was a bright day, a crisp blue sky day, a day to get out and do something. So, I made sure we did. 

It was a good day to fumigate the house. So, we had to get out. Off to the golf course we went, and then to the mall for a mall crawl. I was worried about Sweetie, just a little. I bundled her up, and off we went. 

She was the trooper of old, she wanted to be outside and fought against the cold. I know she was freezing, for when I held her hand, it was like ice. When asked about her being cold, she would smile, and take my hand. It was "Yes I am, but I'm with you." look. All was well. Will be so happy when the temperatures rise. Each increase in temperatures will bring with it, different challenges, but warm to hot is easier to handle then warm to cold. 

The best part of the day was the evening. Dinner time. It seems that Mr. Sundowners is making headway into our late afternoons. Daylight savings time seems to be his time to visit more and more. I ended up giving Sweetie a dose an hour and what amazed me the most is how calmly she took it. Along with a dab of Stress relief, she was able to calm down and we enjoyed a nice dinner, sat on the couch, cuddled, and watch TV until 8. That is an Easter Egg all by itself, to stay up that late. 

Driver said it was a first in a long time to have to turn the headlights on. We usually end our day with the sun still above the horizon. We were tired from a long day on the Road to Dementia Town, which was a good tired, for we Kept our Shiny Side Up all day long. C'ya, Luv ya, and God Bless.