"There was a time when she did not remember my name or that we were married, but she still remembered that she loved me."
-- SF author Gene Wolfe, regarding his late wife Rosemary, who died of Alzheimers
http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/sci-fis-difficult-genius
"There are in the end three things that last: faith and hope and love; and the greatest of these is love."
-- Paul of Tarsus
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I read that. It was such a beautiful and heartbreaking testimony.
ReplyDeleteThere's a song about that, with the sexes reversed. It's called "The Dutchman."
ReplyDelete"Long ago, I used to be a young man,
And dear Margaret remembers that for me."
YouTube also has a nice video interview of the songwriter, Michael Peter Smith.