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Truths and Deceptions
Go read Beth. Just go. You’ll thank me.
Posted by: Chris Clarke
Note: A database glitch in 2008 ate a bunch of archived comments. Don't be offended if yours isn't here, or confused if the conversation seems disjointed. Thanks!
You are right. Thank you.
By: By nina on 2008 02 28
See?
By: By Chris Clarke on 2008 02 28
wonderful.
By: By kathy a on 2008 02 28
It WAS a beautifully and thoughtfully written piece Chris. I wonder as I get older myself, if the depression I sometimes feel is a conscious mind’s way to make the dying to come easier to take. Sometimes I find myself staring at the ceiling at night with the exactly same thoughts as Beth’s Father-in-law. At least she can still have a conversation with him.
My mother’s Alzheimer’s/dementia is total now, but with last remnants of her mind went the anxiety she felt almost constantly every evening. The one thing I’ve always feared is senility, but seeing her rather happily reading the same paragraph for hours or watching the local recycling news channel long into the night, I wonder if, just perhaps, nature is being horridly kind.
Back to the saving sanity of my drawing board.
By: By Carl Buell on 2008 02 29
Thank you, Chris.
(Seriously. It’d been a while since I’ve visited CP, and now I’m wondering why it had been so long.)
By: By Rachel Shaw on 2008 02 29
Yes, thanks for pointing in that direction. The piece was really touching.
In addition I have discovered Cassandra’s blog, which appeals to me on
several fronts.
By: By Viziabe Dante on 2008 02 29
Thanks, Chris, and thanks to the readers who’ve commented here!
By: By beth on 2008 02 29
