Hi Beth............................................................

[Guest guest]

I just read your post and related so very much with it. I can not

believe you are working so hard. Taking care of mild dementia is bad

enough, but my Daughter 's Mother-in law is in a home here in

Richmond. She really needs it. She has recently been put into the

locked area for Alzheimers. She has had severe dementia for a few

years now, but this past year has been really " out of it " . It is so

sad to see her that way because she was so vibrant, alive, rich,

rich, rich, rich, etc. Anyhow, when the kids had to give away all

her clothes, they all went to Goodwill. I can not imagine how many

thousands of dollars of beautiful clothes she had. When she was very

well a few years back, she and I used to lunch all the time, she

always bought all her clothes at Dillards and Hechts, now Macy's. My

goodness, she was a smart dresser though and had her hair done every

week, the whole schmeer, but always looked great. She and her sister

(from Chicago) who I converse with a lot were born in war torn

Germany during the Hitler reign. She used to " heil hitler " every

day. She and her sister were raised in an orphanage as their mom and

dad were killed when they were small girls. The stories which has

come out of the sisters is unreal. Such a shame. My parents

fortunately, never had dementia of any kind, they, like us, just

watched their bodies deteriorate of old age before their eyes. They

lived to be almost 100, God Bless them both. It was awful to watch

them together in a nursing home in SD. They shared a room, but a

brand new home it was then in 1986.

My daughter does her Patsy Cline, Standard songs, and jazz and

Women of Country (which is all of them) at the SPRING ARBOR HERE in

Richmond. A job I put on for her about 4 years ago. She still sings

there every month.

was called the other day by Charlie Dick again, Patsy Cline's

husband in Berkeley Springs, WV to ask her to sing on Oct. 20, at the

Troubadore Lounge there again. But this time they are going to pay

her well. Guess they really liked her. She will sing from

9pm=12am. She and Dennis will stay the night there in a motel. I am

so proud of her, but not because of that, for sure, because she is my

angel of mercy in more ways than one. I do worry about her traveling

on the highways so much every day, but she sings herself songs and

listens to book tapes and radio programs she enjoys along the way.

Rambling....................

I LOVE YOU THIS DAY!

MARY LOU

IPF -02