Entry for Micro Bookends 1.14 challenge. The story must be between 90 and 110 words, start with peace,end with prize and incorporate the photo prompt.
Photo credit: Aaron Gilson
(110 words)
“Peace? “How can you possibly believe she is at peace?” I ask my relatives of the extended kind, interrupting their analysis of the mental waves that the body they once knew as a cousin was riding. What their limited appearances didn’t allow them to know is that the ebb into limbs with less dramatic angles and a quieter mind is always followed by a dramatic and painful flow back to the shore of her new normal. The caregiver who now needs constant care. The mother who is now the child. The life of the party who is now the wallflower. Being swept out to sea for good, that’s her prize.
Very powerful and I could feel the sadness and frustration of the mother’s daughter. It is sad that thanks to modern medicine people can live longer than ever but for many, it is only to dwindle away mentally, a little at a time from dementia. My best friend is in the early stages of Alzheimers. It is so very sad.
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I’m so sorry about your friend. It is beyond unbearable to watch someone you love become something totally different than what they were. Everyone suffers.
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Yes, it is difficult and so very sad. I’m grateful to be able to journey her illness with her until the time that I am not allowed to go any further. It reminds me of the quote, “We are going to be best friends until we cannot remember anymore, then we will be new friends.”
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She is fortunate to have a friend like you. So many people disappear when it gets tough. I love that quote! What a great perspective.
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Thanks! Not sure I quoted it correctly, but that is what is meant. 🙂
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The heartbreak and frustration are at high tide. xoxoxo
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Love your keeping with the theme : )
Xoxoxo
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Well, yeah!
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