Seventy Fifth birthday thoughts

Seventy Five is a milestone for me - I feel an end of an era. I have never felt my future to be so uncertain. It’s okay - just what is - day to day living. Actually, it helps me live my mantra - Love in the moment.

Alzheimer’s is taking it’s toll. I’ve avoided the caregiver’s note in their file - combative - but I feel it now. The other day my three year old granddaughter showed me a fingernail imprint on her arm, and said, you need to talk to Bama, and I said, I will, and she said No, Now.

With no memory, talking to Patty was, of course, a futile exercise, but a telling experience - an experience noteworthy for my Alzheimer’s journal. I have two other ‘too physical’ episodes noted in my, now, twenty five page journal.

My adult children are now saying it is time for heavy sedation or a memory care unit - I have a call into the doctor. The memory care unit is too much for me to handle, right now, but the heavy sedative may be a good transition for all of us?

Anyway, I pause to reflect on a few things I have learned over the last 75 years!

1. No matter how much crap I go through, family is my highest priority.

2. All is Gift.

3. My biggest goal is love.

4. My best way to love is SCG - Self-realizing, Connecting and Giving.

5. My passions are the route to optimizing SCG

6. My passions give me the most satisfaction

7. I do what I prioritize.

8. The Simple Prayer is not so simple

9. Water is a wonder

10. You can teach an old dog new tricks

75th family diner

A 75th BD day sail