My, oh my! My, oh my!
Now and then she forgets
She smelled something burning
She removed the pot from the stove
Her family they have noticed
Their father had alzhelmers
She went to see her doctor
The doctor called her to his office
She called her family togather
For their mother they did their best
As time passed her by
Her children came to visit her daily
Her mind and body was deteriorating
" Hello mother, How are you today?"
" You know my children do not bother to visit."
" Mother, we are your children." they cried
Pain and sorrow they have to endure
By: Yvonne Legge
She muttered as she looked,
Here lately I am so forgetful
Where did I put that book?
Things that she should know,
Maybe it's because I'm getting older
My memory is starting to go.
She sensed it was very near,
There was a pot on the stove
She could not remember putting it there.
And put it in the sink,
Slowly she sit in the chair
She was too confused to think.
How forgetful she has been,
They were very worried that alzhelmers
Would strike their family again.
They watched him waste away,
Do not let this happen to our mother
Please God, we pray.
From there, to the hospital she did go,
She had to be tested for alzhelmers
The results she dreaded to know.
His face was full of concern,
She had alzhelmer's disease
This her family soon would learn.
The bad news to them she did tell,
She knew from the look on their faces
They weren't taking the news very well.
To care for her at home,
She had her good days but mostly bad
She could not be left alone.
Her symptoms became more severe,
So they placed her in a nursing home
Where she could receive full time care.
On her good days she would call them by name,
She enjoyed her Grandchildrens' company
With them she would play games.
She was now confined to her bed,
She had lost her bodily functions
No good days now, all bad days instead.
The visitors asked with a sad smile,
" I don;t know who you are ." She said
" But I wish you would visit with me for a while."
Their mother said with tears in her eyes.
Her children as they gathered around her
Could only bow their heads and cry.
" We come to visit you every day."
"Mother, we all forgive you."
"For you know not what you say."
For their mother they have to be strong,
They pray to God to give them strength
To help them carry on.
