JOAN’S BLOG – WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2009 – SUPPORTING EACH OTHER THROUGH THE TRIALS – IN HONOR OF THE LOST CHILDREN

Although this Alzheimer journey is a difficult one, often compared to navigating one’s way through the depths of Hell on earth for both caregiver and patient, nothing can compare to the loss of child at any age.

As most of you are now aware, our member Mary, lost her adult daughter Diane yesterday, in a completely unexpected tragedy. Not long after our member, dking, lost his son to suicide, just months after his wife died. I knew Mary and Diane personally, and many of you came to know her through her prolific writings on the message board and e-mails, which you exchanged with her. We did not know dking as well, as men tend to be less verbal on the boards, but that does not lessen our empathy for him.

My own words are inadequate to offer solace to Mary, dking, and all the parents who have lost children. Instead, I am printing a passage that a friend sent to me. It came from a card she received from a friend in support of her struggle with her husband’s Alzheimer’s Disease. Credit goes to DaySprings E-Cards.

This is my wish to Mary, to dking, to all of you who have lost a loved one, and to all of you who are traveling this Alzheimer’s journey:

"I wish I had a big yellow umbrella that would keep away all the rain in your life. I would hold it over your head and all the drops would splash, splash, splash, and you would never even feel it. But I do not have a big yellow umbrella, so I will walk through the rain with you. "

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