It’s World Alzhiemer’s Day today.<\/p>\n
Some of us know, or knew, a friend or relative who has or had dementia and this poem by Owen Darnell resonates so perfectly…<\/p>\n
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Do Not Ask Me to Remember<\/strong><\/p>\n Do not ask me to remember,<\/p>\n Don\u2019t try to make me understand,<\/p>\n Let me rest and know you\u2019re with me,<\/p>\n Kiss my cheek and hold my hand.<\/p>\n I\u2019m confused beyond your concept,<\/p>\n I am sad and sick and lost.<\/p>\n All I know is that I need you<\/p>\n To be with me at all cost.<\/p>\n Do not lose your patience with me,<\/p>\n Do not scold or curse or cry.<\/p>\n I can\u2019t help the way I\u2019m acting,<\/p>\n Can\u2019t be different though I try.<\/p>\n Just remember that I need you,<\/p>\n That the best of me is gone,<\/p>\n Please don\u2019t fail to stand beside me,<\/p>\n Love me \u2019til my life is done.<\/p>\n Owen Darnell<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s World Alzhiemer’s Day today. Some of us know, or knew, a friend or relative who has or had dementia and this poem by Owen Darnell resonates so perfectly… Do Not Ask Me to Remember Do not ask me to remember, Don\u2019t try to make me understand, Let me rest and know you\u2019re […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,14,1,4,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brand-values","category-crisis-management","category-diversity","category-general","category-honest-broker","category-style"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharonmorrison.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharonmorrison.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharonmorrison.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharonmorrison.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharonmorrison.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharonmorrison.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharonmorrison.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharonmorrison.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharonmorrison.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharonmorrison.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}