2013年7月1日月曜日

I love you just way you are

I'm William and 76 years old, I got married to my wife, Jenny 50 years ago. It is a 50th wedding aniversary today but my wife don't know, she also doesn't know what date it is today. She has had dementia(認知症) since she was 60. First  her condition was not too bad. She lived as usual, just only forgot little thing like forgetting to add salt in her cooking and to buy some materials which she needed for dinner but the much time went on, the worse her condition got. Now she doesn't remember her name and  my name but also that we got married. But surprisingly I'm not sad about that, because I felt new everything and know another face of her. It is like couple going out these days. I always speak to her with gesture with big love and she makes a smile and says "Nice to meet you.". I always hug her and hold her hands and she makes smile agin and says "oh, I'm really embarrassed" and turned her face to red. And the next day is coming, she doesn't remember anyting about yesterday. So the same conversation repeated again. It is my habit. Today it is 50th wedding aniversary, i will try to say to her "I love you just way you are". I'm excited what she says to me and how she reacts.