For My Mother

The Alzheimer's Prayer

Author Unknown

Please grant my visitors tolerance for my confusion

Forgiveness for my irrationality

And the strength to walk with me

Into the mist of memory my world has become

Please let them take my  hand and stay awhile

Even though I seem unaware of their presence

Help them to know how their strength and loving care

Will drift slowly into the days to come

Just when I need it most.

Let them know when I don't recognize them

That I will... I will

Keep their hearts free from sorrow for me

For my sorrow, when it comes,

Only lasts a moment, then it's gone

And finally, please let them know

How very much their visits mean

How even through this relentless mystery

I can still feel their love.


From someone on FaceBook
Fonda L A Gribner

 "Come walk with me within the shadows of my life. My mind is full of strife, yet when you walk with me through the shadows I can see a glimmer of things misplaced and forgotten. 
As we walk hand in hand through the shadows, my grief is lessened. I have stumbled,yet you support me, within the shadows, of my life. you are my anchor, my one bright spot."