Lessons I Learned From You
I lost you two weeks ago.
A full two weeks of seeing your blue eyes everytime I think of you. Those eyes telling me it will be okay. Those eyes telling me you’ll soon be free.
Now you are free. No longer trapped by Alzheimer's.
My bathroom was once yours. The last night you were with us, I could smell the small bottle of perfume you had left in there. That was you reminding me that you’ll always be with me. That I can do anything. Nothing is impossible if I want to do it.
You placed a triple rainbow where my younger sisters and your great grandsons could see it. Saying it’s okay. Dream big dreams. Nothing is impossible if you want it.
I know you’ll be with me. I know you’ll be here. I know you are no longer trapped in the body Alzheimer's took away from you.
You taught me a lot. More than I’ll ever know. Amongst everything There’s five lessons you also taught me everyday. A few of them, I finally clued into you teaching me in the past few days. After I did what will be the hardest thing for me to ever do, write and give your eulogy. I am the last person most of our family and friends thought would ever do it. I know you are proud.
