RETROSPECTIVE
TBT: The signs are there
The hard part is recognizing them
Before there was Dementia Dame, the website, there was Dementia Dame, the Facebook page. Today, we throw it back to a FB post from the past.
This week I took up playing Wii tennis again. It had been a while since I last played. We bought Wii in 2009 or so in order for Martin to play Wii golf. He was addicted, playing all hours of the day and night. I was no better when it came to Wii tennis. We’d Wii bowl, play Wii baseball and sharpen our Wii archery skills. I even convinced him to do Wii Zumba with me. He insisted we draw the curtains. We had so much fun especially on cold, snowy or rainy days. I even took up Wii golf and he took to Wii tennis.
Our ceiling had skid marks from unnecessary overhead tennis shots and too powerful golf swings. And then he stopped playing. No explanation. Just stopped. I had a small hissy.
“Why do you always start things and never finish?”
He shot back, “Why do you always generalize?”
“I miss playing with you,” I confessed.
After that, he promised he’d play, but he always came up with excuses.
Eventually, I just let it drop.
Looking back, that was a sign among many signs.
Today’s takeaway: Pay close attention if for no apparent reason they stop doing an activity that once brought them joy.