Showing affection a new way

This morning while visiting Margie she did something she has not done in a long while. She reached up with her one good arm and hand to pull my face down touching hers, and she had a look of intentionality or purposefulness in her eyes and face. She held my face next to hers for a few seconds before relaxing her arm and hand. She repeated this 3 or 4 times. I was surprised and very pleased. I felt warmly loved and wanted.
Recently, Pat Robertson made a statement about Alzheimer caregivers that showed he has no clue, and no compassion. However, the report in the New York Times quoted a couple of authorities, one of whom used the word void to express the feeling and experience of a caregiver. That is an excellent description of how I feel and have felt–a large void in my heart and soul and self.

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