JOAN'S THANKSGIVING 2014 NOTICE - Count our Blessings

If I am going to be truthful, and you know that my hallmark is honesty, no matter how uncomfortable or brutal it may be, I will tell you that it takes deep digging for an Alzheimer Spouse to find something for which to be thankful on this holiday. In my yearly Thanksgiving blog, I have always written as positively as I was able, enumerating the blessings we do have in spite of what we have lost to Alzheimer’s Disease. Many of us have at least one or all of the following:

Warm homes
Enough food to eat
Loving family members
Loyal friends

For these we should be thankful.

Although this is the third year in a row that I have traveled and spent Thanksgiving without Sid, I choose not to focus on that loss, as it would destroy the joy I feel by being lucky enough to have all of the above. My holiday is being spent with my sister and our family full of children, babies, and dogs.

My wish for you is that you are able, in spite of the unwelcome changes Alzheimer’s Disease has brought to your life, to focus on the blessings you do have.

I think that it would be helpful to all of us if we could share with each other, what we are thankful for. MESSAGE BOARD: Count our Blessings.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE.

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