There she is. Have I told you? I met her on my only blind date. I saw her and walked over right away, introduced myself, and asked her if I could visit her again that night. When she said that I could, I drove back to town and got all the money I had to buy her an engagement ring. We’ve been married for 67 years. She is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever met. I’m the luckiest man alive.
He is almost 90 years old. He can’t get out of a chair by himself. He can’t walk without hunching forward over a walker with severe pain in his legs and hands. He has trouble feeding himself.
There she is. Have I told you? I met her on my only blind date. I saw her and walked over right away, introduced myself, and asked her if I could visit her again that night. When she said that I could, I drove back to town and got all the money I had to buy her an engagement ring. We’ve been married for 67 years. She is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever met. I’m the luckiest man alive.
His wife makes certain that he takes his medications every day. His daughter visits daily to be sure that all of her parent’s needs are met. They receive Meals on Wheels; they eat a hot meal in the early afternoon and a sandwich with chips or a cold salad for dinner. When the volunteer arrived to deliver their food this week, he was certain to introduce the love of his life.
There she is. Have I told you? I met her on my only blind date. I saw her and walked over right away, introduced myself, and asked her if I could visit her again that night. When she said that I could, I drove back to town and got all the money I had to buy her an engagement ring. We’ve been married for 67 years. She is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever met. I’m the luckiest man alive.
He is very pleasant and reluctantly participates in his therapy sessions and he tries his best. He becomes short of breath very easily and needs to rest frequently throughout my visits. Periodically, he’ll turn his attention to his wife.
There she is. Have I told you? I met her on my only blind date. I saw her and walked over right away, introduced myself, and asked her if I could visit her again that night. When she said that I could, I drove back to town and got all the money I had to buy her an engagement ring. We’ve been married for 67 years. She is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever met. I’m the luckiest man alive.
She can’t speak. A stroke many years ago has left her with a purposefully polite smile to mask her severe aphasia. She communicates primarily with hand gestures and shakes/nods of her head. She still goes out with her walker every day to get the mail, and she catches his eye when she comes back in.
There she is. Have I told you? I met her on my only blind date. I saw her and walked over right away, introduced myself, and asked her if I could visit her again that night. When she said that I could, I drove back to town and got all the money I had to buy her an engagement ring. We’ve been married for 67 years. She is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever met. I’m the luckiest man alive.
Dementia has hallowed out much of who he once was, but his love for her endures. She is the last bit of him that remains, and he spends every few minutes of every day re-living the most wonderful and life-affirming experience of is life. Over and over again he gets to meet that beautiful 19-year-old, remember what she looked like, how his heart skipped a beat, and how certain he was that she could help make his world right.
There she is. Have I told you? I met her on my only blind date. I saw her and walked over right away, introduced myself, and asked her if I could visit her again that night. When she said that I could, I drove back to town and got all the money I had to buy her an engagement ring. We’ve been married for 67 years. She is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever met. I’m the luckiest man alive.
Every few minutes, every day, she gets to hear how much he loves her.
There she is. Have I told you? I met her on my only blind date. I saw her and walked over right away, introduced myself, and asked her if I could visit her again that night. When she said that I could, I drove back to town and got all the money I had to buy her an engagement ring. We’ve been married for 67 years. She is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever met. I’m the luckiest man alive.
Every few minutes of every day …