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Saturday, December 11, 2010

Singing in Dementiaville

Lately I've been singing to Romeo to calm him down and soothe him. His dementia is getting worse. He's more confused than usual, and he's also agitated. There's an aura of agitation around him, especially concentrated around his upper body and head.

From the moment Romeo and I met, I sensed the love that simply poured out of him. That love is a continuous flow, a river, that comes from within him and rushes gently over anyone near him. It penetrates their pores, entering the body and circulating inside then engulfing their aura before beginning the cycle again.

That love is missing now. It does not flow through Romeo's new confusion. In hope, I sing to him this mantra:


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