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My Mother died in January after three years of progressively more
virulent symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease. Near the end she sat in
her chair for long periods seemingly unaware of her surroundings.
This after years of pacing her room and the corridor of her care
home. She required feeding, washing, grooming and changing and apart
from me she failed to recognise other members of her family and
carers. You would think her death would be a merciful release -
and it was. Both relief laden with a deep sadness for the woman that
was.
As a young woman she trained as a nurse, travelled to Budapest to
teach and had been moved to India as the war threatened where she
worked on decoding enemy messages. She met and married my Father, a
serving Army Officer. She taught kindergarten in Australia and
followed a hectic Army life moving house over 37 times in her
lifetime. Such was her enormous energy, optimism and joy of life.
I was so lucky that she recognise me to the end and would respond a
little as we held hands and took a few halting steps or when I tried
to coax the words of her favourite carols. When words had almost
left her she would still say "thank you" to carers and family. If you are interested in the prints please contact:
Ever English Ltd
31, Howards Wood Drive
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire
SL9 7HR
Tel/Fax: 01753 891455
email:
everenglish@supanet.com
website:
http://www.everenglish.org.uk
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