"Finding the lightness in a situation that we have made dramatically heavy can bring on healing and happiness," Marsha Lehman.
It is perhaps easy to make heavy living with dementia or any terminal illness. In our human condition we can make heavy about any living situation. How much better to allow laughter, love and lightness into any situation.
Lightness entered our situation yesterday when Dwane received his new corrective lenses with specially-made prisms to correct his double vision. I am delighted to say that the trip to the ophthalmologist resulted in Dwane being able to read without having double vision. It seems important to check out any medical cause and remediation before assuming it is part of the disease process. We got hearing aids thinking that perhaps Dwane's trouble with comprehending verbal communication was because of a hearing problem. It was not. But the hearing aids do help us hear each other. So, well worth the effort and expense: the hearing aids and new glasses.
I am going to enjoy a respite with my daughter, so I will not be making a blog entry tomorrow. Let's all have a lovely weekend.
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