A Letter from Your Loved One's Heart

To all the people I love and care about:

I wish I could write this letter, but I can’t. I love you and want to be with you. I want to share all the good times we have had together in the past and join you as the future unfolds. But my mind won’t allow it. My thoughts get all jumbled up, and as soon as I think about one thing, my mind jumps to something else or just goes blank. I am frustrated being trapped like this. Sometimes I’m sad or angry or just feel like withdrawing into myself. You know this isn’t me. It’s dementia that is preventing me from being me. I feel so lonely and lost. I know you can’t understand this, but neither can I. All I can say is thank you for all the good times we had together. I hope that sometime in the future we can be together again. Please remember the me you loved in the past and be kind to the me you see today. I am doing the best that I can, and I love you.

Me