A Tender Moment

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   "Choose happiness today by taking life moment by moment, complaining very little, and being thankful for the little things that mean a lot."  Suman Rai A tender moment when I saw my loved one yesterday.  He was struggling to change his position in his wheelchair.  I tried to help him readjust his body, as he gets so that he leans over to the left -- eventually hurting his left hip from the weight.   After I had helped him, he said, "It's scary."  I asked, "What is scary?"  And he responded, "Not being able to move my body." These moments of lucidity are touching and sad.  The lucidity is about his physical decline; not usually about his cognitive decline, and it is not usually there.  It has to be hard and scary for him (or anyone) to see their decline.

    

   "Choose happiness today by taking life moment by moment, complaining very little, and being thankful for the little things that mean a lot."  Suman Rai
   
   A tender moment when I saw my loved one yesterday.  He was struggling to change his position in his wheelchair.  I tried to help him readjust his body, as he gets so that he leans over to the left -- eventually hurting his left hip from the weight.   After I had helped him, he said, "It's scary."  I asked, "What is scary?"  And he responded, "Not being able to move my body."
   
   These moments of lucidity are touching and sad.  The lucidity is about his physical decline; not usually about his cognitive decline, and it is not usually there.  It has to be hard and scary for him (or anyone) to see their decline.