A Scout campfire song describes the importance of friendship better than i can:
Make new friends,
but keep the old.
One is silver,
the other is gold.
A circle is round,
it has no end.
That's how long,
I will be your friend.
You help me,
and I'll help you
and together
we will see it through.
Across the land
Across the sea
Friends forever
We will always be
Just as I can't improve on that simple clear powerful message, there's no improving on Barbara Cheek Johnson's recent blog on the importance of new as well as old friends to anyone with Alzheimer's. It's a short, essential read.
Smiled, reading, "So my point here is – don’t sit and mope because you have Alzheimer’s disease. Stay active as long as you can. Be social with your Alzheimer’s friends and your old friends. If they are genuine friends, they will be understanding. Mine are."
Friends - often even more than family - can provide the spark of memory, of good times & shared laughter, that can fan the flame of remembrance & appreciation for special moments, even when others can't recall. Never stop working on your circle of friends.
You help me,
and I'll help you
and together
we will see it through.
and I'll help you
and together
we will see it through.
Barbara is a journalist living with early-onset Alzheimer’s.
She writes for the Alzheimer's Association SE Wisconsin Chapter blog.
Barbara rocks!
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