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In my dream
An elderly gent
Flowing, white hair
Comforted me
In my despair.

Mesmerized
By his love,
His blue eyes
As heavenly
As the sky above.

Words not spoken
Filled my mind.
I understood then
His message,
His message of time.

A message of hope
And, of courage.
A message of love
And, of strength.
A message of truth.

The backbone of life
It’s in your spine.
The pain of today
Will leave with time.
God’s love will light the way.

Deborah Ann Tornillo
Author, “36 Days Apart”
Copyright© 2009

http://www.deborahtornillo.com

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Deborah Tornillo

About Deborah Tornillo

DEBORAH ANN TORNILLO was born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas by her loving and nurturing parents. She attended the University of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she studied Art. After marrying, raising two daughters and enjoying life with her family, Deborah joined a higher calling by committing to be the primary caregiver for her parents, both of whom were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in February 2006. In her new collection of memoirs, 36 Days Apart: A memoir of a daughter, her parents and the Beast named – Alzheimer’s: A story of Life, Love and Death, Deborah chronicles the time spent taking care of her mother and father. 36 Days Apart recounts this painful, enlightening journey, and Tornillo writes candidly about the struggles and fears she faced as her parents’ caregiver. As their disease progressed, Tornillo was faced with the difficult task of learning how to be a parent to her own parents. Through the year and a half of caring for them she extensively researched Alzheimer’s in order to provide the best care possible, all the while knowing that the disease would eventually win in the end. 36 Days Apart gives an honest, unflinching look at the realities of caring for and losing loved ones to Alzheimer’s. Tornillo gives the reader an inside look into the day-to-day life she faced during her heartbreaking, difficult time.

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