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A sobering lunch time
– and a million thoughts – meeting Dementia head on
After I left the conversation and the folks sitting at the table in the restaurant,
my friend’s wife came over to speak to me privately.
We had been engaged in the typical ‘ministerial banter’ but my friend
had not said too much. He was busy
eating his plate of food and enjoying it to the fullest. So it appeared.
My friend has pastored a number of churches over the years. He is a brilliant
man to say the least. When you are with him his humour and sharp wittiness is
engaging. The man is just plain fun to be with.
It has been about a year since we have seen each other. And from what I saw things had changed –
somehow??
As his wife took me aside she asked me if I knew that her husband has
left his job/ministry because of the issues that he is now facing. “He has a
very advanced stage of dementia now and has been forced to quit everything.”
I definitely had not heard this overwhelming information that I was now processing.
My friend for the last 15 years, was no longer there. Yes his body was
but his brilliant mind was now being slowly trapped with this new issue he was
facing. And there is absolutely nothing
that can be done for him – except love and care for him.
His wife is a radiant woman. As
she spoke to me she had not changed one bit from what can be seen. Yet the
constant new challenges are beginning to be felt with this rather rapid onset (from
what seems to have happened).
I told the two of them that I will come over to see him and maybe we can
go for a walk – maybe have coffee together.
She thanked me – but was too sure as he doesn’t walk well anymore…
Last evening and this morning early I could not stop thinking of this
couple. I respect them so much for what
they have done – for who they are. I cannot stop thinking….
A part of me needs to help. Another part of me needs to flee. And still another
part of me needs desperately to get my small tasks and big tasks done now…before
something like this happens to me. The
panic has set in and is almost overwhelming today.
~ Murray Lincoln ~
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