Assisted Living Foundation

heart breakingly true

This is dedicated to my Dad and to all who suffer from Alzheimer’s and dementia. ♥️. Please be patient with them. They are still there.

Have patience with me for I am not well.
Sometimes I’ve forgotten where I’ve been so I need you to not correct but to kindly remind me.
Sometimes I will often say things over, do not get frustrated I am not well.
I just need some understanding and compassion.
There will be moments I will often forget.
Please love me and rest assure I will come back after a little while.
I am not lost , I am just not well.
Just love me and remind me you are there
with me to keep me safe and bring me back home.

Arlene Diaz

❤️❤️ love you Dad.

There’s a woman in my mirror
And she looks a lot like me,
Though there’s lines around her eyes,
And her hair is wild and free.
She is plumper than myself,
And she is definitely grey.
Did I miss the day this happened
Has she always been this way?

And this woman in the mirror
Has an air of something calm,
Like a tide that’s going out,
And a beach that’s soft and warm.
She has seen the world in colour,
She has learned to know the truth.
There’s a wisdom in her wrinkles,
There’s a knowledge brought from youth.

And she seems to move more freely,
As though released from earthly binds.
Is she made of something lighter?
Perhaps the weight she left behind.
Like the press of expectation,
And the need to yield and bend.
I like this woman in the mirror,
She’s fast becoming my best friend.

Donna Ashworth
From ‘to the women’

Art by the awe-inspiring Lisa Aisato