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Patricia Yorton's avatar

It is a strange sort of loneliness when one's partner is in dementia. You're alone so far as being able to talk with him/her with any depth, and yet the person is always with you and needs your attention and care. Maybe this is why I talk so easily and so much to strangers. Thankfully, they seem to welcome my meanderings and cordially join in the conversations.

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Jerry Rosenthal's avatar

“and when nobody wakes you up in the morning, and when nobody waits for you at night, and when you can do whatever you want. what do you call it, freedom or loneliness?”

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