The book and the movie Notebook is about a lady who had a beautiful life with her husband but who was suffering from Alzheimer's .She forgot everything about her past, her family....yet her husband stayed with her and took care of her , he read about the incidents of the past ....the beautiful past they both once shared !both the book and the movie were major blockbusters .....it touched our hearts how precious are our memories and the importance of love and companionship!
Well Notebook was a novel and later a movie but there is a real life story about a person suffering from Alzheimer's and his wife which has touched not only my heart but of too many people!
Sandra Day OCorner was the first lady appointed to US Supreme Court.She had a very successful career and a happy married life with her husband John. Her husband who was also an attorney moved to Washington DC with her and left his practice in NewYork.
Later on in his life he started showing signs of Alzheimer's , his wife took care of him while taking care of her busy career.After some time when his disease progressed she had to put him in an institution for Alzheimer's patients. She visited him every day but pretty soon he had no memory of her or their children. He made a new girl friend in the institution .. another patient who he talked to and hold hands with. Even then his wife never complained or stopped visiting him. Her point of view " I am happy that he is happy, I cherish all the memories I have of both of us and all the happy times we had together".
Mr John O Connor died few years back but his wife Sandra still talks about him, their three kids regard their mom as not only a great mother , a devoted wife but simply as a Hero for everyone!
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