In our thirties
still single
almost given up
A friend suggests
email meeting
reluctant agreement
Full frontal dating
everything on the table
nothing held back
Soon inseparable
married in a year
is this real?
Time together
love at last
two are one
Then a child
boy nine pounds
alive and exuberant
Family of three
all we wanted
again, is it real?
Symptoms begin
confusion abounds
what’s going on?
A diagnosis arrives
Alzheimer’s, (at 45?)
Can this be happening?
Love turns to caregiving
A long road ahead
God this is hard
Still finding
moments of joy
we three remain
Love abounds
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