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Forget You, Pat Robertson!
Posted: September 18, 2011
Alzheimer's Disease is no reason to forget your wedding vows…
On that tux and gown day
I said I'd obey
heart-felt vows that I voiced to my wife.
In good times and bad
whether happy or sad,
I pledged her my love all my life.
For better, for worse
including the curse
of Dr. Alzheimer's disease!
So, Pat, I'm appalled,
disappointed and galled
at your recent disturbing decrees.
Forget what I've vowed?
Is that what's allowed
when memory-loss moves in my home?
Forget you, my friend.
Promised-love never ends
even when illness leaves me alone.
The vows that I made
will not wither or fade
when it's much more convenient to bail.
I've been called to attend
to my spouse to the end
though her memory be caged in some jail.
* http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/17/us/pat-robertson-remarks-on-alzheimers-stir-passions.html
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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.Greg's writings have now been assembled in book form. See the SeniorLifestyle Store. • E-mail the author (moc.loa@veRemosewA*) • Author's website (personal or primary**)
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