Here I Am

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Hello dear friends. Hope that this finds you all doing well. I am doing okay. Got some sad news about a lifelong friend. She has dementia and it seems it has taken most of her memories. Her niece keeps in touch with me. Patty was one of my mother's best friends growing up. When we would visit family in California, we always spent time with Patty. She was an adventurous, fun-loving free spirit. She and her mom would wake up and decide it was time for a road trip so they loaded up the RV and would take off for a week or two, destination wherever the road would go. They did this until her mom was diagnosed with dementia. After her mom died Patty still traveled, but not as much. She finally sold the RV and settled into a community park, which she loved. We always have kept in touch, through writing letters, emails and facebook. I am thankful for all the years we wrote and talked to one another. She told me about how my mother was, and some of the rest of that family. That helped me gain a better understanding about why my mother is the way she is. About a year or so ago I noticed some of what she wrote wasn't making sense. Her niece said she was just confused. But I had a terrible feeling it was more than being confused. Her laptop stopped working, so that stopped me from being able to contact her on facebook. I sent her letters and some of her replies broke my heart. She didn't know who I was. Her niece told me she doesn't recognize any of her family. They are trying to get her into an assisted living place but that takes time. Though Patty doesn't remember me, I hope somewhere somehow, she remembers how much I love her and appreciate our lifelong friendship. picture is one I really like that I got from a friend