A blog about living and coping with my mother who has FTD. There's only one thing you can do and that is to laugh now and then cry later. This disease has been part of our lives for many years now. There are good days and bad but as it progresses the bad days out number the good days so it is important to remember to laugh and smile.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Memories
I was looking around the house for some of Mother's things and found some pictures of her. It definitely was hard looking though them and seeing life in her, real life.
I loved seeing these old photos!!! So true---it's kind of a shock to your system, but a good reminder--to see as you put it "real life in her." I am surprised to see your resemblance in the close-up one of Mother in the "70s" shirt and her wedding picture, too!! Cool. I am so honored now when the nurses will tell me how much I look like my dad--esp. as I get older and his face gets thinner! In the springtime, we were watching old home movies (we like to do that for the children on their birthdays--to watch the movies we have of the day they were born), and it nearly took my breath away to see Dad so well and healthy---how could I forget what that was like?!? My son sobbed through the whole thing---it was SO hard for him to watch, knowing what Dad is now. But now, that I am so much further on the other side of this, I actually enjoy watching those good times! We watched one when his brother from TN was here this October on how MY brother and I pulled a practical joke on Dad a few years back--it was hilarious! I am SO glad we have Dad's contagious laughter on film! That's what we have to cling to--these precious days gone by that you have captured here in this post and shared with all of us. Thank you.
I loved seeing these old photos!!! So true---it's kind of a shock to your system, but a good reminder--to see as you put it "real life in her." I am surprised to see your resemblance in the close-up one of Mother in the "70s" shirt and her wedding picture, too!! Cool. I am so honored now when the nurses will tell me how much I look like my dad--esp. as I get older and his face gets thinner!
ReplyDeleteIn the springtime, we were watching old home movies (we like to do that for the children on their birthdays--to watch the movies we have of the day they were born), and it nearly took my breath away to see Dad so well and healthy---how could I forget what that was like?!? My son sobbed through the whole thing---it was SO hard for him to watch, knowing what Dad is now. But now, that I am so much further on the other side of this, I actually enjoy watching those good times! We watched one when his brother from TN was here this October on how MY brother and I pulled a practical joke on Dad a few years back--it was hilarious! I am SO glad we have Dad's contagious laughter on film! That's what we have to cling to--these precious days gone by that you have captured here in this post and shared with all of us. Thank you.