by Roger Radermacher, Hamilton
My wife and I of 65 years moved here to Hamilton to be near two of our daughters in 2014 after living in Post Falls, ID for 12 years and had previously lived for 42 years in Bothell, WA. Our life in Post Falls was full of opportunity to continue in my woodworking vocation in its many forms.
My wife loved the computer and her ability to keep up on our finances and pursue her hobby making greeting cards using pictures of lowers and nature that she had taken. It was in those years that she began seeing a doctor about her loss of memory, also things were happening, like I would come into the kitchen and find a kettle of spuds burnt to a crisp on the stove. It wasn’t an everyday thing that was happening. Around 2017 we applied for an opening at Sapphire Lutheran Homes for an apartment, and shortly after we got a call that they had an opening for us and we could move in in February which we did. The following April the Sapphire CEO called me into the office to discuss my wife’s needs which were beyond their capabilities. It was then that we made arrangements to place her into Beehive Memory Care on July 9, 2018. Shortly after Covid set in and visitation became minimal.
On December 12, 2020 she passed away peacefully, MY not having been with her at her passing.
Since that time we have had an election with Biden and Harris on the ticket and for me it was a struggle to watch Biden struggle with what I perceived to be dementia, and wondering what was going to happen next. And now after the election there are some who are fighting like a bunch of imbeciles, that have no morality, only anger and hate. And a mouth full of foul language that is unbecoming of a moral and faithful politician. I compare what’s going on in this country of ours to that of dementia; how subtle it is to perceive what is going on. Demonstrations, riots, and killings, you name it. What if we got into a nuclear war? What would be left?
Satan is working hard and has a good foothold. It’s time to think about what the money we carry says: IN GOD WE TRUST. Or do we? After all, DEMENTIA took my wife.