THE WEIGHT OF LOVE IN DEMENTIA CAREGIVING

Recently I had the immense pleasure of reading every poignant and fascinating word in a literary magazine called The Sun.  The January, 2016 edition is on the subject of care.

I highly recommend this magazine (and particularly this edition) to caregivers who love to read.  Here is a poem by Pat Schneider on the subject of memory loss. The author dedicates this poem to her husband, Peter.

WEIGHT

Who can describe the weight of love - 

late we learn how heavy,

when grief is the flood we float above

and love is the break in the levee.

And who can take the measure of love -

how wide it is, or how narrow,

when hope is the breath of the mourning dove

and death is the quiver and arrow.