Pray, just the two of us.
My prayer partner shared her concern.
She can no longer overlook the signs:
His shuffling feet,
His confusion,
His testy behavior.
"I didn't expect our marriage to end
This way," she told me.
My heart hurts with hers.
Dementia is epidemic, and yet we never
Expect it to strike our loved one.
I didn't.
I couldn't sugar coat the jagged journey that
Stretches before the tarnished golden couple.
But as I held her hand I could assure her that
God will face the unknown with her, and
That in the end dementia loses and
Love wins.