A Coca-Cola party in Austria
We've lived with the diagnosis of Alzheimer's for 3 years and 5 months, and I'm still amazed that on a day to day basis, our life is still so good. Life isn't perfect for anyone, and there will always be hiccups along the way......
I know, with Alzheimer's ... these hiccups will change and increase as time progresses, but for now ...... there are days when I feel like David doesn't have this disease at all. Then out of the blue there will be a disappointing reminder..........
There have been times (not often) when David sees something, and it isn't visible to me. The first time this happened, he was upset with me because I couldn't see 'a small airplane' flying in and out of our neighbors roof top. After that incidence, I made the decision that I will agree with him, and this has made it easier for him and me (but it is a painful reminder).
The first year after the diagnosis, oh how I wanted our normal life back again!!! As time has gone by, I've almost forgotten what our 'previous normal life' was like (so, what is normal?)....our life now is our new normal.....Time is such a great healer!
I no longer expect or ask David to do things around the house or in the yard like I did in the past, and I'm thankful that it feels NORMAL to help him get dressed. It feels like 'another life ago,' when he would get dressed and put on his white shirt and tie and go to work. The pictures in this post from our Coke trips also feel like another life...........
I'm so thankful for the old normal and the new normal ...and for time....the mystery and healing of time. Our life is good, and I say, "thank you God."
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Here's a photo of us getting into a helicopter in New Zealand
It was cold and snowing outside the old hotel on a mountaintop in Switzerland
Cold again.... on a mountain top (the Parthenon) in Athens, Greece.
We've lived with the diagnosis of Alzheimer's for 3 years and 5 months, and I'm still amazed that on a day to day basis, our life is still so good. Life isn't perfect for anyone, and there will always be hiccups along the way......I know, with Alzheimer's ... these hiccups will change and increase as time progresses, but for now ...... there are days when I feel like David doesn't have this disease at all. Then out of the blue there will be a disappointing reminder..........
There have been times (not often) when David sees something, and it isn't visible to me. The first time this happened, he was upset with me because I couldn't see 'a small airplane' flying in and out of our neighbors roof top. After that incidence, I made the decision that I will agree with him, and this has made it easier for him and me (but it is a painful reminder).
The first year after the diagnosis, oh how I wanted our normal life back again!!! As time has gone by, I've almost forgotten what our 'previous normal life' was like (so, what is normal?)....our life now is our new normal.....Time is such a great healer!
I no longer expect or ask David to do things around the house or in the yard like I did in the past, and I'm thankful that it feels NORMAL to help him get dressed. It feels like 'another life ago,' when he would get dressed and put on his white shirt and tie and go to work. The pictures in this post from our Coke trips also feel like another life...........
I'm so thankful for the old normal and the new normal ...and for time....the mystery and healing of time. Our life is good, and I say, "thank you God."
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Here's a photo of us getting into a helicopter in New Zealand
It was cold and snowing outside the old hotel on a mountaintop in Switzerland Cold again.... on a mountain top (the Parthenon) in Athens, Greece. 
