Yesterday, my MIL got mail from an old high school friend. She stood in the kitchen and read it. It was like watching a school girl get a love note from her boyfriend. It was from a high school sweetheart who sent her a picture of them at prom. I'll have to admit it was kind of random since this person is married and not someone she talks to on a regular basis even before she got Alzheimer's. (that is that we know of....!) Anyway, she went in and out of the kitchen carrying that card/picture saying she just couldn't believe he sent that saying....."oh, I should have married him"....."he was very handsome"......"I'm not calling him (he gave her two numbers for her to contact him)"......"he's married"......"he was such a nice boy from such a nice family".....and it went on and on like this for quite sometime that evening. She held onto that note like it was her most treasured possession!
It dawned on me that she would get more enjoyment from this piece of mail than out of all the contact she has had with family & friends in the last 4 or 5 years. Because she could look at the picture and remember that happy time and place from her past!
Life is Good!
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