Takes My Breath Away

I've written about this before....

Tomorrow is Valerie's Birthday.

it has now been over 8  years since her diagnosis of Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease. She has been bed bound since June of 2011. She no longer speaks, except for a word or maybe two...


There are times when Valerie hasn't seen me for a while.... maybe a few hours... and when I walk over to her chair, there are times when there is an intense look of recognition. If she could, she would leap up and give me a big hug. It's her birthday tomorrow, but I feel like I got a gift! This happened today!!!

the expression on her face, her eyes so big and shinning, her smiling face, her whole body comes alive... Val used to say that sometimes God makes miracles we can't see... I can see this one and am very thankful beyond measure...