“The one benefit of Alzheimer’s is that you can keep giving them the same gift over and over, and it’s always such a surprise.”
“You know ... you keep doing the same things and you keep getting the same result over and over again.”
“One of the most beneficial and valuable gifts we can give to ourselves in this life: is allowing ourselves to be surprised! It is okay if life surprises you. Its a good thing!”
“Different and new is just the same old if you keep doing it over and over.”
“developed Irish Alzheimer’s over the years, which is to say that they failed to remember anything but their grudges.”
“Those other moments that I’ve been re-retuning to seem to fade a bit every time I go to them. It’s kind of like reading the same book over and over. You keep trying to capture what you felt when you first read it, but the feelings just aren’t ever as…magical.”