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Weather Conditions for Today

Weather Conditions for Today

Today's forecast...
 
dark cloud, covering one's mind 
lonely, lost with panic breaths 
yet within seconds
and in some cases hours
the dark cloud blows over
giving way to clear thoughts
bringing sunshine and blue sky 
to all in this area 
then with even just a slight change of wind 
back to mist and fog
and tear drop rain
 
that's how I would describe it...
 
that's how I would describe Dementia.
 

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Marion

Love this poetically beautiful and wonderful observation of a terrible affliction Shirley... All stars my friend x

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Shirley Harrison

Thank you so much dear Marion, I have a very special friend who has this dementia, and I've been spending some real quality time with her lately.  💜 

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Marion

I'm sorry about your friend. I've worked with dementia for more years than I care to remember, it can be both extremely funny and heartbreaking all at the same time. Often extremely violent too. The saddest case I witnessed was a retired nurse who found herself in the hospital she had worked in and every night she would get extremely anxious that matron would see her in her pyjamas instead of uniform... she would beg us over and over to fetch a uniform for her x

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Shirley Harrison

Thank you so much dear Marion, for your compassion and understanding, my friend who I love like a mother, she is also English and lives here, I've known her almost half my life, she loves reading she loves talking and she loves discussions all things that are now very difficult for her, but yes we laugh we laugh so hard in moments that we end up crying. Thank you dearest Marion ❤️ 

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Rory McGinlay

Back to mist and fog 
And tear drop rain

To be so lost
But with Shirley Harrison 
For a friend.

 

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Jac Tales

Sunny days will be here again. Now as true as ever. Nice Poetry. 💕

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