Good morning, dear Community, we begin this week by sharing with you this post, a reality that perhaps many of us have had to face with a family member, friend or acquaintance, is a topic that due to its importance, we must be documented and prevented. Because in reality we do not know when we will have to face such a delicate situation.
His lost gaze, hours without uttering a word, is not who I see. Most of the time he is, absent, locked up in a lost world, unknown to me. His essence is hidden in the depths of his being where no one, not even he, has access anymore. Why does Alzheimer's appear? Why? Questions and questions that all of us who have a family member suffering from this terrible disease ask ourselves, thousands of questions for which we have no answers. Alzheimer's is like a maze that takes over the memory of the older members of our families and acquaintances (more and more people are affected every day) erasing their memories. It arrives without invitation. It invades the mind without any consideration and goes unnoticed. It takes away the memories, it takes away the identity of each one of us, it doesn't give any respite, even if we look into their eyes, with desperation to be remembered is useless. And those of us who live with them see how this invader manages to erase those beautiful memories that once made us so happy, and we feel the impotence of knowing that this enemy is very powerful and does not give truce to dislodge him from the mind of our loved ones, however even though our hearts, feel pain when we see how grandparents, parents, uncles and acquaintances who have given the best of themselves with their dedication and examples are deteriorating and we feel sadness, rage, confusion, pain and impotence. What to do, it is time to fight against this invader, how?
Even if they don't recognize us, get angry and like a little child shout and even insult us we can only give them all our love, lots of cuddles and hugs that they will sometimes refuse. We must be their memory, tell them their lives, stories that they told us, stories that for a moment will light a spark of memory in their eyes and paint a smile, even if it is only for a few seconds, we must show that invader that the battle is not lost and take out our artillery loaded with love, dedication, patience. It is time to tell them that it is ok to take their lives and we are the ones assigned by justice and the duty to help them remember even though you will impose yourself and will come back stronger with the forgetfulness to take back their memories. There are many audiovisual productions where we can notice how this terrible disease affects people, one of many is Diary of a Passion, which leaves us a very incredible message: Despite how difficult everything becomes, even if it seems in vain what you are doing for that person, we must continue, we must remember every beautiful moment, we must tell those stories that marked his life, again and again, until that day arrives, and remember little by little what he lived, it is not about abandoning the first time or resigning because that silent enemy arrived, on the contrary, it is when more love, more patience and perseverance, you must have for that special person, happy start of the week.
This text was translated from Spanish to English thanks to the translator Deepl.
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