The Gift of Dementia

I've written elseware
About the slow decline and loss
Of my mom to dementia.

Horrible.

Today,
Reading an account of someone
Who lost their mom to Covid,
I found a gift in my dementia journey:

Mom's passing was long,
And supremely uncomfortable.
By the time the end came
More than anything
I felt relief.

The gift? Time.
I got to prepare.
I got lots of chances to be with her.
I got to sit and hold hands and sing to her.
I got to say good bye.

Others are not so lucky.


	17 March 2023
	by Bill Cattey