Comments on: Helen’s Secret

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:41:08 +0000

Thank ya’ll for the comments. I’m glad that I called and I like to visit. We had a neighbor next door who reminds me of Helen. She would always ask us our names, as if we hadn’t met. We didn’t do much for our neighbor and she has since passed away. When I visit Helen, sometimes I think of Alice too.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:46:51 +0000

What a beautiful post, and how brave of you to call for help for your friend.

By: Babs

Babs — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:09:07 +0000

What a great life lesson! It brought tears to my eyes. And thanks for having the courage to call APS. Helen is fortunate to have you as a guardian angel.

By: Carol

Carol — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:18:33 +0000

Sarah -
Thanks for your comment.
That is a sweet memory of your grandmother. It must be so hard to loose a husband or wife after being together so long. Helen talks about her husband all the time, sometimes as if he is just out for the day.

By: Sarah Cook

Sarah Cook — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:51:16 +0000

Your story reminds me of my grandmother who died of Alzheimer’s in 2002.

A few years after my grandfather died we surprised my grandma with a pop in visit and found a cigarette lit in an ash try. My grandmother never smoked, but my grandfather did, and it was his brand. She told us she sometimes lit them because they reminded her of him.