Lingers in my memory.

Grand Canyon, a river runs through it.

Tis a better morning, this morning. How my day ends will usually be reflected by the way I feel in the morning. It is also a indicator of how I slept that night. 

Living with Dementia can be a very stressful way of life. Those times when nothing make sense, and all I can do is wait. Wait for a change in moods in Sweetie. It is in those times when she is walking around the house, checking windows, door, and up and down the stairs. 

I will greet her, hold her hands, and she seems to recognize me and then in a flash, that recognition is gone and off she goes. When she starts this behavior, I've found that if I put some Stress Relief lotion on my hands and when I can hold hers, and rub it on her hands, and, if I'm lucky enough, to put some on her cheeks, she will relax and come and sit with me. 

The thought of putting some on her cheeks just started. By telling her it is moisturizing cream to help keep her face looking young, she will let me put some on her cheeks. It seems to be absorbed quickly and takes action sooner then on her hands. I don't know why it works, I just know that it works, and works well. 

Sunday

It is shower day, my favorite day of the week. I get to get naked with my lover, and reminisce of days gone by. The intimacy that we shared when we were younger still lingers in my memory. For her, it is just a shower. 

Shampooed, washed, and dressed, I sit her down at the table, turn on church services for her to watch. Get the nail clippers out, and she gets a manni and a petti while she watches TV. Learning to angle the clippers up, just a little, to make them slide under the nail and causing less stress for her. 

It is Sunday, so that means a cooked breakfast, or brunch if you prefer. This time I added tomatoes to the meal. They are on the edge of getting too soft to keep, so in they went. 

Eggs, Tater Tots, smashed, Spam, chopped and diced, and chopped tomatoes. Made quite a lot of food. Then add hot biscuits and you have a meal to be proud to serve. 

She is eating quite well. Seems to be eating more these days and that is a good sign. She isn't loosing any weight, last weigh in, she was a pound or two more then last month. 

Our Sunday routine was changed with a round of golf. I haven't played on Sundays, just because it is Sunday. This day, we went because we didn't play on Saturday. Did OK, nothing to write home about. 

Home, nap, and then out for our walk about. Had to rest and stretch my legs twice to make it around. Sweetie wasn't in the best of moods during our walk. She even got mad and wouldn't hold my hand, and then in a couple of steps, she would grab my hand and held tight.

When we got home, she wasn't at ease with herself. She tried to sit on her nest, and then remade the bed. This becomes my time of going back in and remaking the bed. We do this from time to time. 

When the CBD and Lotion did what they were meant to do, we enjoyed the rest of the evening. Dinner, jello, and later cookies and milk. Then to bed we went. 

The Road to Dementia Town had plenty of sunshine most of the time. With a stop or two to get out and stretch our legs, it wasn't a bad day. There were good stretches and some not so good stretches. We did make it thou with Our Shiny Side Up. C'ya, Luv Ya, and God Bless.   Arthur.