Matthea E VanGeel

Do not ask me to remember

Don’t try to make me understand

Let me rest and know you’re with me

Kiss my cheek and hold my hand

I’m confused beyond your concept

I am sad and sick and lost

All I know is that I need you

To be with me at all cost

Do not lose your patience with me

Do not scold or curse or cry

I can’t help the way I’m acting

Can’t be different though I try

Just remember that I need you

That the best of me is gone

Please don’t fail to stand by me

Love me ‘til my life is done

We will miss you forever    xxoo

R.i.p oma I’ll always think of you when eating my cookie sandwich and i still turn my head when I hear someone call the name Peter lol. But uncle Pete don’t flatter yourself… she only called me Peter cause I was the son she never had. So many great memories with my oma and opa… from stealing his chair during golf to using omas exercise wheel rolling down the hallways  of their home in Newmarket. Miss you and always in my heart
Your favourite grandson Steve

Each day I watch my mother walk.
I hear her sigh, I hear her talk.

She speaks of loved ones no longer here.

I watch helpless, as she sheds a tear.

Alzheimer’s is stealing my mother away,

And she grows worse each passing day.

She needs help with all her care,

From getting dressed to brushing her hair.

We cut her food to help her eat.

This once tidy woman is no longer neat.

She often seems to live in the past,

Please dear God, how long will this last?

As her memory goes, I can only stand by,

Frustrated and helpless, and yes…I’ll cry.

Those who love her, she no longer knows.

How long till her memory completely goes?

Each day I watch my mother walk.

I hear her sigh, I hear her talk.

I watch daily as she slowly dies.

I can’t help her, and yes…I’ll cry.

My sincerest condolances Mary-Ann to you and your family. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Pat