Comments on: A Default Setting of Love http://clifmims.com/blog/archives/308 ...on Education and Technology Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:33:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: scottm http://clifmims.com/blog/archives/308/comment-page-1#comment-780 scottm Tue, 13 May 2008 15:59:53 +0000 http://clifmims.com/blog/?p=308#comment-780 What a touching story. Thank you for sharing it. I can relate in that my significant other's grandfather has Alzheimer’s and will tell you that he loves you every 5 minutes. He's a precious example of what it means to simply love someone. Along the lines with Peggy, songs are very important. He can still belt out some of the hold hymns. :). Thanks again for this story. What a touching story. Thank you for sharing it. I can relate in that my significant other’s grandfather has Alzheimer’s and will tell you that he loves you every 5 minutes. He’s a precious example of what it means to simply love someone. Along the lines with Peggy, songs are very important. He can still belt out some of the hold hymns. :) . Thanks again for this story.

]]> By: A. Hernandez http://clifmims.com/blog/archives/308/comment-page-1#comment-773 A. Hernandez Sun, 11 May 2008 16:51:41 +0000 http://clifmims.com/blog/?p=308#comment-773 thanks for sharing that. I love it- a default setting of love. I need to work on that as well. thanks for sharing that. I love it- a default setting of love. I need to work on that as well.

]]> By: Peggy George http://clifmims.com/blog/archives/308/comment-page-1#comment-771 Peggy George Sun, 11 May 2008 04:13:12 +0000 http://clifmims.com/blog/?p=308#comment-771 Hi Clif, That was a beautiful story and especially touching on the eve of Mother's Day for me. My mom is progressing through the advanced stages of Alzheimer's and it is so hard to watch her memory slip away. She often doesn't recognize me, doesn't remember her husband of 60 years who passed away from Alzheimer's several years ago, can no longer read or write, etc. But recently I had several very memorable moments with her. We were sitting on the patio of her group home looking at the clovers near by and I wondered out loud if any of them were 4 leaf clovers. She immediately burst into song and started singing "I'm looking over a 4 leaf clover..." in the purest melody, remembering every word! So we started singing other songs she remembered. Since it was near Valentine's Day I tried to think of every love song I thought she might remember. She knew all of the words to "Love Me Tender" and "Let Me Call You Sweetheart." We even sang a couple of patriotic songs like "God Bless America" and "It's a Grand Old Flag." She and I enjoyed those very special moments. The message to me was how VERY important it is to have music in your life, and for children to grow up learning and singing all kinds of songs. They will be stored in long-term memory forever. :-) Peggy Hi Clif,
That was a beautiful story and especially touching on the eve of Mother’s Day for me. My mom is progressing through the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s and it is so hard to watch her memory slip away. She often doesn’t recognize me, doesn’t remember her husband of 60 years who passed away from Alzheimer’s several years ago, can no longer read or write, etc. But recently I had several very memorable moments with her. We were sitting on the patio of her group home looking at the clovers near by and I wondered out loud if any of them were 4 leaf clovers. She immediately burst into song and started singing “I’m looking over a 4 leaf clover…” in the purest melody, remembering every word! So we started singing other songs she remembered. Since it was near Valentine’s Day I tried to think of every love song I thought she might remember. She knew all of the words to “Love Me Tender” and “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.” We even sang a couple of patriotic songs like “God Bless America” and “It’s a Grand Old Flag.” She and I enjoyed those very special moments. The message to me was how VERY important it is to have music in your life, and for children to grow up learning and singing all kinds of songs. They will be stored in long-term memory forever. :-)
Peggy

]]> By: mrsdurff http://clifmims.com/blog/archives/308/comment-page-1#comment-770 mrsdurff Sat, 10 May 2008 23:13:39 +0000 http://clifmims.com/blog/?p=308#comment-770 WOW, I wish I were like that! WOW, I wish I were like that!

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