Imtyping this on my phone, please excuse the misspellings.
I'm sad. She lived a long life, 90 years, and battled Alzheimer's for the last 5 years of her life. I saw her for the last time last year. She did not recognize me. I was okay with it. I just repeated to her over and over how much I love her. I fed her some of her food. My children were with me. I believe my grandmother recognized my oldest. My oldest is so kind, and warm, and beautiful. My baby was scared and wanted to leave. I agreed with her that nursing homes can be scary places for a little child, but that we are together and I am there to love them and take care of them.
Mygrandmotherwas a fierce, shrewd woman. She eenjoyed hevacations fully. She would go with her best friend and havw. hat sounded like a raucous good time. She was also adevouCatholic. She never missed Mass. She also had alargv. egetablg. arden, and opened a community garden next doorin hevacant lot with the help of The Botanical Gardens.
I remember giving mg. randmother a shower when ahe refused to take a shower witt. he nurse helping her.