A Silent Cry
Viewing comments for Chapter 6 "Killing Flies"Development of Alzheimer's Disease.
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Comment from estory
It's almost a dream like landscape here, with your husband lashing out at those flies out of nowhere, like a different person. You seem to be watching, horrified, and he is oblivious, like you are not even there. But this scene, sharply rendered with all the detail, really captures these aspects of Alzheimer's. estory
reply by the author on 01-Aug-2020
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It's almost a dream like landscape here, with your husband lashing out at those flies out of nowhere, like a different person. You seem to be watching, horrified, and he is oblivious, like you are not even there. But this scene, sharply rendered with all the detail, really captures these aspects of Alzheimer's. estory
Comment Written 01-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 01-Aug-2020
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Thanks very much for your supportive review.
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
Ha ha ha, I am in the habit of collecting these corpses, but I find having the fans on prevents them entering my house! Flies are a damn nuisance Marjon, this poem made me smile, love Dolly x
reply by the author on 01-Aug-2020
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Ha ha ha, I am in the habit of collecting these corpses, but I find having the fans on prevents them entering my house! Flies are a damn nuisance Marjon, this poem made me smile, love Dolly x
Comment Written 01-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 01-Aug-2020
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Thank you, Dolly, for your review.
Comment from Alchera
Yes, their mood changed and often their relatives do not know how to behave because often they seem to have reconquored their normality. I can really confirmed what is perfectly written in the poem because my sister-in-law's mother -in-law has got the same illiness. I used to know her well and was a very humourous and talkative woman which now after that her husband dried of cancer, a month ago, she doesn't speak any more and if she does she only gesticolates and doesn't recognized any body of the family. What can I tell You, Marjon if not that it has been well reported and testimonified throughout your whole poem ? Great delicate personal described life's mementos!
reply by the author on 01-Aug-2020
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Yes, their mood changed and often their relatives do not know how to behave because often they seem to have reconquored their normality. I can really confirmed what is perfectly written in the poem because my sister-in-law's mother -in-law has got the same illiness. I used to know her well and was a very humourous and talkative woman which now after that her husband dried of cancer, a month ago, she doesn't speak any more and if she does she only gesticolates and doesn't recognized any body of the family. What can I tell You, Marjon if not that it has been well reported and testimonified throughout your whole poem ? Great delicate personal described life's mementos!
Comment Written 01-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 01-Aug-2020
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Thanks, Tony, for your excellent review.
Comment from richie b
Marjon,
I know it had to be difficult to see the
changes in your husband.
We never know how vulnerable we are
until we become afflicted with an illness.
Hopefully your writing has become a
healing process for you.
Blessings,
Richie
reply by the author on 01-Aug-2020
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Marjon,
I know it had to be difficult to see the
changes in your husband.
We never know how vulnerable we are
until we become afflicted with an illness.
Hopefully your writing has become a
healing process for you.
Blessings,
Richie
Comment Written 01-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 01-Aug-2020
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Richie, thank you so much for the review. Yes, I wrote the poems for therapeutical reasons, and at the same time, they were an ongoing healing-process. It all ended two years ago now, and I have grown over it for the most part. Now I can bring myself to post all those poems for all to read and comment. That, too, helps.
Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell
Killing flies was very telling to you, wasn't it? The little changes that take place, those secret looks, it's all there for you to see but it's not real. Marjon, you did an excellent job being both carer and wife. Not an easy thing for anyone, but when you love that person, my word it's hard. Your book continues to show what life was like in the cruellest circumstances. Sandra. xxx
reply by the author on 01-Aug-2020
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Killing flies was very telling to you, wasn't it? The little changes that take place, those secret looks, it's all there for you to see but it's not real. Marjon, you did an excellent job being both carer and wife. Not an easy thing for anyone, but when you love that person, my word it's hard. Your book continues to show what life was like in the cruellest circumstances. Sandra. xxx
Comment Written 01-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 01-Aug-2020
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Sandra, thanks again, also for this review. The dead flies have been nightmarish to me for a long time.
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I remember when Brian died, I had terrible nightmares that he'd been buried alive. It was horrendous. My young sons made me swap bedrooms. The next morning I woke up to find they had redecorated my bedroom, and changed the furniture around in it. It took them all night and I never heard a thing. The nightmares stopped, but I never forgot them. I really understand how you feel. xxx
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Thanks for answering this and your understanding.
Comment from Margaret Bednar
Looking at me but it seeing me. This in comments is very moving. Your story telling in this poem is superb. The little things that you notice but no one else may grasp. This progression of poetry is very well done and I will buy the book!
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Looking at me but it seeing me. This in comments is very moving. Your story telling in this poem is superb. The little things that you notice but no one else may grasp. This progression of poetry is very well done and I will buy the book!
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Comment Written 01-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 01-Aug-2020
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I am so glad you saw all of the poems I posted so far. Thanks very much for the Killing Flies-review. I thought for a while that it might me too trivial. I see now, that it was right.
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No not trivial. I think these are very therapeutic and enlightening poems
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Thank you. I feel better now. It is all over now already for two years. Only now I can bring myself to post them all, and hopefully find a publisher for the collection.
Comment from thaities, Rebecca V.
Your recollections are so vivid and personal. I am sure your writings will comfort others experiencing the same symptoms in their loved ones. God, bless you!
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reply by the author on 01-Aug-2020
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Your recollections are so vivid and personal. I am sure your writings will comfort others experiencing the same symptoms in their loved ones. God, bless you!
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Comment Written 01-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 01-Aug-2020
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Thank you, Rebecca, for this nice review. So appreciated!
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You're quite welcome.
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