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But, still, they go and do what their country asks of them. God bless America.
The pain of
forgetting
This week I have tried to reflect on an illness that all of us are seeing more and more, and that is a condition named for a German neurologist, who lived from 1864 to 1915, and who described the disease in 1907. His name was Alois Alzheimer.
Alzheimer’s disease, as my friend, Shelby Welch, said the other day, has no respect for class or wealth or status. It seems to strike randomly. And, as mere mortals, we all know and understand that our time here is but a moment. As caregivers to those we love, we have to do the best we can, and move from day to day.
That said, the burden on the immediate caregivers of an individual with Alzheimer’s disease is particularly heavy. We see the tears well up in their eyes as their husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, and other loved ones, forget how to live, forget where they are, forget who
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