Branches reach out … fading
Leaves … twigs …blow away
Memories …tumbling in the dust
Day after day after day
The … memory tree
Eventually … bare …destiny?
Copyright/ Sheila Grimes/ May 2, 2013
Memory Tree
May 14, 2013
A journey in time with Alzheimer's
Hi, I'm Sheila. My Mother struggled with Alzheimer's disease. When one person in a family is sick, all suffer, same for Alzheimer's. I wrote to de-stress. Thanks for reading!
Tag Cloud
- Alzheimer's
- memories
- ladyblue
- smile
- confusion
- heart
- caring is sharing
- time
- love
- Mother
- Mom
- reality
- lucid
- ponder
- blue
- whispers of time
- abyss
- short term memory
- kindness
- faded
- delusions
- songs
- children
- hallucination
- sanity
- dismay
- light
- compassion
- cat
- singing
- tree
- shuffle
- flowers
- Christmas
- chocolate
- angels
- milk
- medicine
- key
- quiet as a mouse
- winter
- pride
- pain
- funny
- clue
- free
- Alzheimer's disease
- Mary Doll
- hope
- shoes
- stew
- traveling
- bell
- rhyme
- confused
- yesterday
- remember
- burdens
- change
- web
- frown
- circle
- medications
- sorrow
- subtle
- clothes
- lost
- destiny
- home
- faces
- friend
- fog
- calm
- Eternity
- play
- weather
- Merry
- joy
- space
- TV
- million years
- hungry
- moody
- gloom
- doom
- nemesis
- sharing
- sibling
- cost
- compromising
- wrath
- meander
- moods
- fades
- thoughts
- memory
- siblings
- clouds
- light-years
- twilight zone
- strife
- hear
- Tigers
- sane
- frustrated
- shampoo
- promise
- Velcro
- medics
- kind
- delusional
- illusiions
- cobwebs
- patient
- doors
- lock
- unwind
- glass
- plastic
- fly
- hurdles
- willy-nilly
- stutter
- BIZAARE
- red flags
- Elvis
- Doll
- mind
- Mission - Possible
- repetition
- Liebster Award
- grimaces
- amplifier
- plain view
- astray
- wad
- pennies
- tension
- pantomime
- seas
- Boat
- door
- pulling out my hair
- street
- work
- break
- cane
- bitter critter
- fake
- safe
- Anne Frank
- invisible
- Neuron
- salt
- cabin fever
- Teddy bear
- meanness
- grieving
- island
- grief
- atmosphere
- betrayed
- worries
- Mars
- Jell
- butterfly
- Inner peace
- award
- Beth Moore
- rugs
- stares
- wed
- stalking
- obsession
- havoc
- Purple
- wrinkle
- listen
- harmony
- closet
- sniff
- earthquake
- sleep
- dare
- dominoes
- image
- mirror
- fort knox
- mission
- grab bar
- Ribbon
- forever
- bright eyes
- happy
- Dick Tracey
- clueless
- heroes
- changes
- destination
- spuds
- suspicious
- logic
- sundowners
- traveler
- nostalgia
- storm
- tangled thoughts
- foe
- shadows
- dreams
- fishing
- seaweed
- anger
- hindsight
- futility
- cousins
- turmoil
- tears
- baby dolls
- peace
- dignity
- validate
- baby doll
- lucid lucy
- heaven
- Alzheimer's Mom
- sunny day
- sea
- tethered
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This is beautiful!
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The imagery is powerful.
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