Come Back Early Today: A Memoir of Love, Alzheimer s and Joy
By Marie Marley
- Excerpt“Please wear a tux,” I said over the phone to the classical violinist I was hiring to play a
special concert for Ed.
My dear friend, Teresa, had hatched the idea.
She’d...
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Come Back Early Today: A Memoir of Love, Alzheimer s and Joy
By Marie Marley
- Excerpt“Please wear a tux,” I said over the phone to the classical violinist I was hiring to play a
special concert for Ed.
My dear friend, Teresa, had hatched the idea.
She’d called CCM
and found a violinist, Don Hurd, who did freelance work.
As I was talking to Don to make
the
arrangements, I described Ed’s dementia, adding that he had been a college professor who
loved classical ‘moo-sic.
’
I was nervous about the whole plan,
worrying that Ed might be in a bad
mood and tell Don to leave.
He still
had an occasional temper outburst.
That was always on my mind
whenever I was inviting people to
visit Ed.
After fretting about it, I
decided to take the chance and go
ahead despite my reservations.
The
concert would either bring Ed great
joy or be a total disaster.
That was
just the way it was when you were
dealing with a demented person.
I arrived early so I could be sure Ed was shaved and dressed.
In
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