Remembering is easy --for now. But I have visions of days to come where my memory may fade. Alzeheimer's. It's a horrible disease. There are other horrible diseases in our world, but this one that takes away memory and thinking is in my mind --the worst. Hoping, wishing and praying that this wretched affliction never touches another member of my family or me.  I remember it took away my mother. My first recollection of something wrong was when she was supposed to come and visit, yet she never showed up. I called and called and finally she answered. When I asked why she didn't show up, her tearful reply was that she had started driving but couldn't remember how to get to my house. A route she had taken hundreds of times. Thank you Lord for her being able to remember how to get back home.  I recollect this malady being the nightmare that caused my mother not to remember that she had had a heart attack and that she was in a hospital. Nightmare is the only ...

The butterflies began as small as gnats The jitters were released from within Nervousness gave way to anxiety Butterflies now the size of buzzards Voice reduced to a squeak Imagination turned into reality Warmth spread like a rash over the body Mortification settled on the shoulders Death was wished for Forgetfulness not as forgiven as amnesia Embarassment is forever.