A Final Thought
A Final Thought
A Final Thought
This is Liz just before her 50th birthday and about 6 years before she started noticing the first mild signs of her Younger Onset Alzheimer's. It is the photo I put on the front of the funeral order of service and when I think of Liz, this is usually the happy image I see.
Before I proposed to Liz, I thought about what I loved about her. I even wrote a list lol. Yeah, it seemed like an important decision, so I thought I had better think it through. When I looked at the list, I realised that Liz was a wonderful person and the right person for me to marry. I knew what it was to love my family but I wasn't certain what 'romantic' love was supposed to be like. I thought the list showed me I was in love with Liz. It didn't. I realised that 43 years later, in the week before Liz passed away. I remember kneeling next to her bed while she was asleep. She probably only weighed 35kg. As I listened to her breathing, I thought back to that list. It had things like, smart, affectionate, sensible, reliable, attractive, funny, honest, etc. I looked at Liz lying in bed, possessing almost none of those qualities and I realised, I love her more now than I ever have.
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