I Hope you don't mind but I am feeling a little low and wanted to share my day with my friends on TP.
Today one of the local churches arranged a small service of carols songs and readings and offered prayers for dementia patients and carers. They invited along the local alzheimer's group and a number of us attended there was a collection afterwards and this was donated to the Alzheimer's society.
I decided that it might be nice for Jim to go along with us and arranged with the care home that I would be taking him out for the afternoon. We first had lunch with our friends where the husband also has AD. Things were ok but the deterioration in Jim was apparent he fell asleep twice during lunch and was talking very incoherently but there was no sigh of any aggression.
We went along to the service and we carers and patients sat in a group near the front.I was keeping my fingers crossed that Jim would be ok ..he has always said he believes there might be a God but he doesn't see why we need the middle men a view he may decide to share with the rest of the congregation!!!!
The service started with an opening address from the vicar then came the first hymn "All things bright and beautiful" we all stood to sing and then all of a sudden this beautiful tenor voice started to sing .....MY JIM.... he often used to sing to me prior to his AD and it was pitch and word perfect all verses in this clear voice there wasn't a dry eye in the church..the rest of the service went really well and we had tea and mince pies afterwards where Jim announced he would like two mince pies as he was starving and hadn't eaten for two days....its a good thing our friend who had just given him a lovely lunch understands Alzheimer's .
What I wanted to share with you all was that for a two hour "window" today I had my wonderful Jim back and once I can stop crying I shall treasure today for a long time.
love
Judith
Today one of the local churches arranged a small service of carols songs and readings and offered prayers for dementia patients and carers. They invited along the local alzheimer's group and a number of us attended there was a collection afterwards and this was donated to the Alzheimer's society.
I decided that it might be nice for Jim to go along with us and arranged with the care home that I would be taking him out for the afternoon. We first had lunch with our friends where the husband also has AD. Things were ok but the deterioration in Jim was apparent he fell asleep twice during lunch and was talking very incoherently but there was no sigh of any aggression.
We went along to the service and we carers and patients sat in a group near the front.I was keeping my fingers crossed that Jim would be ok ..he has always said he believes there might be a God but he doesn't see why we need the middle men a view he may decide to share with the rest of the congregation!!!!
The service started with an opening address from the vicar then came the first hymn "All things bright and beautiful" we all stood to sing and then all of a sudden this beautiful tenor voice started to sing .....MY JIM.... he often used to sing to me prior to his AD and it was pitch and word perfect all verses in this clear voice there wasn't a dry eye in the church..the rest of the service went really well and we had tea and mince pies afterwards where Jim announced he would like two mince pies as he was starving and hadn't eaten for two days....its a good thing our friend who had just given him a lovely lunch understands Alzheimer's .
What I wanted to share with you all was that for a two hour "window" today I had my wonderful Jim back and once I can stop crying I shall treasure today for a long time.
love
Judith