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This "Summary of Life" was passed on to me by e-mail by my my MN friend Barb.

GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED

1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats..
2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair.
3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person.
4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.
5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food..
6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair..
7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.
8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.
10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandma's lap.

GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED

1) Raising teenagers is like nailing jelly to a tree.
2) Wrinkles don't hurt.
3) Families are like fudge...mostly sweet, with a few nuts.
4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
5) Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.
6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy.

GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD

1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional...
2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.
3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're down there.
4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.
5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions...
6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician
7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.

THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE

1) You believe in Santa Claus.

2) You don't believe in Santa Claus.
3) You are Santa Claus..
4) You look like Santa Claus.

SUCCESS

At age 4 success is . . . . Not piddling in your pants.
At age 12 success is . . . Having friends.
At age 17 success is . .   Having a driver's license.
At age 35 success is . . . Having money.
At age 50 success is . . . Having money.
At age 70 success is . . . Having a drivers license.
At age 75 success is . . . Having friends.
At age 80 success is . . . Not piddling in your pants.

Finally, Joe put this video song on his blog. http://www.tomrush.com./video_remember.html Joe who has mixed dementia thought it was hysterical--it is. The song doesn't end because Tom Rush couldn't remember how it ends.

Our humor. My husband forgot his false teeth when we took our car in for repairs yesterday morning. We had breakfast at a nearby place--he had yogurt and gummed a muffin. He said, "Carol, don't put this [fact] on Facebook." Oh my! He has no idea about this blog.

Quotes on Memory



“We do not remember days, we remember moments. The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.” ~ Cesare Pavese (The Burning Brand)

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~Maya Angelou

“You never know when you’re making a memory.”~ Rickie Lee Jones
 
     Jonas says, "But why can't everyone have memories? I think it would seem a little easier if the memories were shared. You and I wouldn't have to bear so much by ourselves, if everyone took a part."
     The Giver sighed. "You're right," he said. "But then everyone would be burdened and pained."  --Lois Lowry (The Giver)

"To live is to remember and to remember is to live." ~ Samuel Butler

“Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.”   ~ From the television show The Wonder Years

"Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door."  ~ Saul Bellow

"Memory is what tells a man that his wife's birthday was yesterday." ~ Mario Rocco

"Memory is the diary we all carry about with us." ~ Oscar Wilde

"The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared."
~ Lois Lowry (The Giver)

"Sharing tales of those we've lost is how we keep from really losing them." ~ Mitch Albom (For One More Day)

"We’re so caught up in our everyday lives that events of the past, like ancient stars that have burned out, are no longer in orbit around our minds. There are just too many things we have to think about every day, too many new things we have to learn. New styles, new information, new technology, new terminology … But still, no matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away. They remain with us forever, like a touchstone."   ~ Haruki Murakami (Kafka on the Shore)

"In truth a family is what you make it. It is made strong, not by number of heads counted at the dinner table, but by the rituals you help family members create, by the memories you share, by the commitment of time, caring, and love you show to one another, and by the hopes for the future you have as individuals and as a unit. " ~ Marge Kennedy

“If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.”~~ Edgar Allan Poe

“We must always have old memories and young hopes.”~~ Houssaye

"God holds all of our memories." ~~  Elizabeth Weber, workshop 10/23/10

Line from a Movie

We enjoyed this TV movie together.

Diana, a real person played by Mia Farrow in the TV movie "Forget Me Never", says:

"Whatever happens to my mind or body, who I am will not go away."

The ending credits mention that Diana formed an on line support group for her Early Onset Alzheimer's.

I am concentrating on who my husband is, making sure he enjoys each day. Who he is I have now.