Perfect.

How I thought of us.

Maybe it is because we just watched the movie, "Beauty and the Beast." This is the picture in my mind that best describes how I felt around her. 

Our life is much like the movie, her being the one that always found the good things, the Easter Eggs, in the dark times. Where I was the one blaming her and life for my bad luck. 

For the longest time I felt as if nothing good would come my way, even when I was showered with His blessings. I kept looking for the flaw in everything. It wasn't a good way to live. 

The prize was just out of reach. Like the Brass Ring on a merry go round, I could never get it. I would come close, so very close, and then the ice cream would fall off its cone. 

It took Dementia to make me rediscover just what a good life I had. It took the very thing that I had taken for granted. To took my Sweetie, and my old dreams of what I thought was happiness. 

Friday

It is my support groups meeting day. I missed last months meeting because of my poor driving. This time I wanted to be sure I didn't miss this one. 

#2 lady was to here at 9 so I got Sweetie up and ready for her. Sweetie was eating when her sitter arrived. 

We chit catted on her arrival, told her I'd be longer then normal, and that was fine. 

Got to the restaurant with time to spare. The meeting was a breakfast meeting, or early lunch. I had their Taco Salad, it was good, and I needed to put some leafy veggies in my system. 

One of our members who had lost his wife about 3 years ago, told of how he has met another woman. One that he had known for sometime when he was still a couple. She is a widower, and he told us that the time with his wife seems like a fairy tale now that he has met someone new. We are all happy for him. The interesting part was that he wasn't looking for someone new, and poof there she was. 

After the meeting, headed for my home away from home, the course and my lesson. Turns out the pro didn't show up. So, I played a round and headed home. 

I was gone for about 6 hours and Sweetie was so happy to see me. I could tell she missed me. For the rest of the day and evening, she was by my side. It was so nice. 

We had an enjoyable rest of the day. Did our walk about, and I had her smiling and laughing with the silly things I was saying to her. Using our Wa Waa language. It was nice to have some fun on this walk. I would nudge her to one side, and she would then do the same to me. I just loved it. 

Home, dinner, then to our Friday meeting. Home, TV, Dessert, holding hands, and then to bed. The perfect ending to a perfect day. 

I didn't even notice that we were at the end of the traveling day when Driver pulled into the parking lot. It went by so quickly, so enjoyably so, I didn't want it to end. Today the Road to Dementia Town was so good, we didn't notice the miles going bye. For there we were, with no effort at all, Keeping Our Shiny Side Up. C'ya, Luv Ya, and God Bless.