Words of Others

Dear Diary,

Finding solace in reading entries has always been a strong pull for me coming to OD.  Reading and learning how others were dealing with grief was the first "attraction".  When my own pain was too difficult to "verbalize" here, I found comfort in the words of others.  Struggling to write it out gave way to the reading more times than not.

And here I am again – dealing with grief – because of the loss of someone very dear – to that cruel and nasty condition called vascular dementia.   The doctors say that it’s been coming for some time. But why can I tell you the date that it hit?  There was a period of about 6 -7 weeks where things were in transition (my own assessment). But since the first of May it feels like all the lights have been turned off.  It’s hard to understand. It’s hard to explain. It’s exhausting and heartbreaking to watch.

Guess I’m looking again for comfort in the…

… words of others.

~Susie