That sinking feeling

This morning was a difficult morning. I asked him to go to the sink so I could shave him ( he was already in the bathroom ) Which is the sink? he asked. Sometimes this disease makes you want to weep. This was a man who could quote almost every soliloquy from Hamlet as well as the best of Shakespeare's sonnets. He wrote his own sonnets which were well above the everyday standard. The trick is don't focus too long on what was, but steadfastly remind yourself that here is a man deserving of love and respect whatever his state and didn't you promise to love and honour in sickness and in healt?. I know he would do the same if the situation were reversed.