Caregiver On the Brink
...Bone-drained, there is no respite, no split second of peace. The “sundowner”, a hyper-active toddler in a man’s vehicle, never sleeps nor sits.
When I succumb to that one precious moment of rest; I...
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Categories:
sundowners, care, dad, daughter, father,
Form: Narrative
A Long Journey Alzheimers
...A Long Journey
by Robert (Bob) Moore
For 15 years I watched my dad
forget the life which he once had
hour by hour, and day by day
the memories, just went away
A man of strength, and a hero ...
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Categories:
sundowners, age, courage, father, old,
Form: Rhyme
God's Na
...I got sundowners,
I got Rainclouders,
And I cannot eat
I’m physically and emotionally exhausted
But I cannot sleep
I self-medicate with
Budweiser, Michelob, and Miller Light
Those are the drugs
that ...
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Categories:
sundowners, hope, me, me, drug,
Form: ABC