A Lady With Cake. Comments

Such a wonderful write, so very sad and poignant. Your words capture everything so well and captures the mind of the reader...excellent...10

a poignant write but so beautifully poetized...this one deserves a 10

Ann, this really hits home! I've been there too, my mother was in a Nursing Home for seven years before she died in 2000. I watched the slow decline of a woman who had been bright, articulate, a writer and editor of a trade magazine, to the point where her memory regressed to the point where her three children disappeared to her, one by one, her husband of 56 years was forgotten, she stopped answering to her married name, and had only memories of her father who she feared and loathed. To have your mother stare at you blankly as if to say 'who are you', is the most heartwrenching experience in life. She didn't know me for the last eighteen months of her life, and looked at me with suspicion when I visited. Death came as a relief in the end, not only to her, but to her family, who loved her. You have tackled a difficult subject here with sensitivity and understatement. David

this is really a heart wrenching write, it deeply touched my heart.Whether we like it or not, we will be going there..It is a sad reality, but we have to accept it.This is beautifully crafted and i love this very much.Lovely.. love and hugs, Meggie

A wonderful work Ann, so powerful and descriptive. You have a marvellous talent. Best wishes, Andrew

ann..........what a narration................full marks for that and heart touching story.......well penned mam.............well penned!

Ann, i must say, that this is one of the finer pieces of literature i have read on this site, in 2008. Your poetic presentation, depicting the absolute anathemic cruelty of old-age dis-order, is flat spot-on.I lost my Father to Alzheimers on Sept.1st...and the scenario you present in the above work, is chilling, but facinating. The pictorial parlance you employ enables the reader to engage & digest the full impact of your efforts.The gliding, serpentine-like stanzaec flow allows for a smooth, fluxive read. Brilliant Work, young lady...This one goes on my very, very short 'PH Favorite Poems List'. FjR

age and its companions, sad and poignant

A sad poem an story Ann, beautifully written, alzheimer's affects not just the victims of this dreaded disease but all family members an friends as well. Thank you for sharing, *10*! ! Friend Thad.

Sad but beautiful. Best wishes Ron