THE ALZHEIMER PRAYER
Author Unknown
PLEASE GRANT MY VISITORS TOLERANCE FOR MY
CONFUSION, FORGIVENESS FOR MY IRRATIONALITY,
AND THE STRENGTH TO WALK WITH ME INTO THE
MIDST OF MEMORY MY WORLD HAS BECOME.
PLEASE LET THEM TAKE MY HAND AND STAY AWHILE,
EVEN THOUGH I SEEM UNAWARE OF THEIR PRESENCE.
HELP THEM TO KNOW HOW THEIR STRENGTH AND LOVING CARE
WILL DRIFT SLOWLY INTO THE DAYS TO COME—
JUST WHEN I NEED IT MOST.
LET THEM KNOW WHEN I DON’T RECOGNIZE THEM,
THAT I WILL…..I WILL KEEP THEIR HEARTS FREE
FROM SORROW FOR ME. FOR MY SORROW,
WHEN IT COMES, ONLY LASTS A MOMENT,
THEN IT’S GONE.
AND FINALLY, PLEASE LET THEM KNOW HOW MUCH
THEIR VISITS MEAN, HOW EVEN THROUGH
THIS RELENTLESS MYSTERY——
I CAN STILL FEEL THEIR LOVE.