Dementia grief is grieving in the present tense for years. The appointments stack up until life feels like a waiting room with snacks. People tell me to treasure the time left like I am not already wringing it out with both hands. I am grieving someone who is still here and somehow that makes me lonelier. Every small decline feels like an event nobody else heard. There are moments they look right at me and I can feel the person I know flicker and go dim.
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