is there life after AD?

This is a sort of a second chance this Shar and I thing.

I had a very good marriage with Miriam. I adored her and always will, but that chapter is over and not by either of our choices.

Some years ago I began an essay titled: “Is there life after Alzheimer’s?” I was not sure. It seemed possible that the disease would suck whatever life was left in me. Besides after being Miriam’s guardian and keeper, telling her what to do and what to wear, could I make it work with a real woman?


I did not finish the essay. It was impossible then. Now it is moot. Of course there is life after AD.

As Shar and I become more and more comfortable with each other, as we get to be able to finish each others sentences more often, love grows and life goes on. So far it has been exceedingly happy.

When I was a young groom with a beautiful wife I often thought: “I don’t deserve this.” The other day Shar said to me: “I don’t know how I could be happier than I am right now.” That is a pretty heady evaluation from a new wife, and I agree. 

So, now as then, I wake in the morning and am still amazed that there is a beautiful woman asleep beside me, that thought keeps recurring.

Yes, there is life after AD, though it will be a different life.

I love you Sharon Louise.