Today is Good Friday, my favorite day of the year! For many years my girlfriend Carol and I would attend the Good Friday Service at Mariners Church where we would write on a 3X5 card our sins, forgiveness of others, and things we wanted to give up to God. Then, we would get up, walk to the wooden cross, and nail them to the cross. This was always very powerful experience and would be the beginning of good things to come.
This year, as I sat in the Good Friday Service at Saddleback Church, I could not help but think about my friend Carol. She is 54 years old and was recently diagnosed with Advanced Dementia http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/dementias/dementia.htm.
I knew something was very wrong because she would repeat the same story over and over. When she talks to you it is like words get stuck between her brain and coming out of her mouth. Yet, she can talk about the past in complete sentences.
My girlfriend read the book Still Alice http://www.amazon.com/Still-Alice-Lisa-Genova/dp/0595440096 and told me that it really helped her to understand our friends illness but I have yet been able to pick up the book. In time will read it but not now.
.JPG/220px-Lilium_longiflorum_(Easter_Lily).JPG)
Today I my friend. I know she is still alive but I miss her friendship and sharing our journey through life together.
Blessings and Happy Easter,
Kristi
No comments:
Post a Comment