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Alzheimer's Patient's Prayer

mimi427
17 years ago

Pray for me, I was once like you.

Be kind and loving to me,

That is how I would have treated you.

Remember I was once someone's parent or spouse, I had a life and a dream for the future.

Speak to me, I can hear you even if I don't understand what you are saying.

Speak to me of things in my past of which I can still relate.

Be considerate of me, my days are such a struggle.

Think of my feelings because I still have them and can feel pain.

Treat me with respect because I would have treaed you that way.

Think of how I was before I got Alzheimer's; I was full of life, I had a life, laughed and loved you.

Think of how I am now, my disease distorts my thinking, my feelings and my ability to resopnd --- but I still love you.

Think about my future, because I used to.

Remember I was full of hope for the future just like you are now.

Think how it would be to have things locked in your mind and cannot let them out.

I need you to understand and not blame me, but Alzheimer's.

I still need the compassion and the touching and most of all I still need you to love me.

Keep me in your prayers because I am between life and death.

The love you give will be a blessing from God and both of us will live forever.

How you live and what you do today will always be remembered in the heart of the Alzheimer's patient.

-- by Carolyn Haynali 3/10/2000

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