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Have patience.

All things are difficult before they become easy.

Saadi

I won’t say it’s become ‘easy’…
but I can sense a sea change;
a lessening of tension;
an appreciation of how hard this must be for her –

and of how little she complains.

I'm not sure why, but it’s easier to be with her; to answer the same three questions repeated on an endless loop.

She’s lost her mobility, her independence and her orientation to time & place.

She's lost her past, living in a 'now' that only lasts for seconds.

She’s lost vocabulary, concentration, names and relationships.

She’s kept a smile, a sense of gratitude for small gestures and faith in her God…

not bad things to have when facing the end of one’s life.

Thoughts and visits these days evoke more sadness, less anger…

but ‘easy’?

Nope, can’t go there yet.