dull but not dull, sad but not sad

Maybelle 2022-10-28 01:32:26

1. She is the spark in my life. Before Fiona went out to the nursing home, she asked Grant, "How does (I look)?" "Looks natural, slim, sweet, and slightly sharp." Elegant, young at heart, and in good shape. After suffering from Alzheimer's disease, the helplessness of amnesia and the shyness of a little girl are just right. I forgot everything when I was annoyed and cried, and she is still an elegant lady. Grant walks like a penguin as fat, but he is still a generous, forbearing, mischievous, and charming gentleman. "She said, do you think it would be fun for us to get married?" Grant told the nurse. "I can't leave her for a moment, she is the spark of my life." Forty-four years of marriage. They still do the dishes, ski, watch the sunset, hug and dance, joke with each other, and caress like love. The best love I can imagine, probably. But love couldn't stop Fiona's symptoms from getting worse. "When I look elsewhere, I forget what yellow means, but I can go back and look again... I'm not sure if I'm feeling the heat or just my imagination. "I was trying to find something very important once, and I couldn't remember what it was." Once the idea is gone, everything is gone. When she put the frying pan in the refrigerator, picked up the wine bottle and forgot to pour the wine, and halfway through talking to the doctor, she put on her clothes and thought she was going home. All memories, long-term and short-term, are built into life. When memories slowly Disappeared and her life fragmented, how panic should she be in her heart? He guarded her until she was out skiing alone and lost, and the two began to discuss the possibility of going to a nursing home. He explored the way for her, imagining the scene after she lived in, The loneliness after visiting relatives and friends, the desolation after a serious illness. He looked at her, the delay between movements and the heavy breathing, the tangle between the eyebrows and the corners of his lips, he felt like he was about to be broken. The car drove to the door of the nursing home, Grant asked Fiona to Don't go, but she got off the car with her luggage and went to the front desk to check in. After a moment of joy, let him go, she said I have to stay here, and your stay will make me cry and can't stop. Two people, you There is me, and you are in me. They are both helpless but strong, and separated by illness. If she could have predicted at that time that she would fall in love with someone else, she would not remember or want to face herself, and she would forget the home she lived in for 20 years. How panic should he be in his heart? How can he let it go? 2. Beautiful woman with tousled hair "Why don't you sit with her" "Just learning to give her more space, she fell in love with sitting with her The man I was with, all I could do was come to see her and make sure she was okay. Being so tolerant and caring for his wife can also win the admiration of the rebellious girl who dresses up weird. How much forbearance Grant has survived those 30 days, but has ushered in an even more unacceptable change. Fiona not only forgot him, but also loved him He got on someone else, a man in a wheelchair who couldn't speak. The schoolgirl who had told Fiona jokes seemed to fall in love with Grant and committed suicide for him. Grant told the nurse from this that Fiona was with the wheelchair man, maybe it was She is punishing herself by acting. After being together for decades, Fiona has forgotten so many things, but she still remembers this? She said that she was only leaving temporarily, was she admonishing Grant, or her last insistence on love? Fiona's meticulously curled long hair It began to be scattered randomly, and the usual decent clothes turned into a tacky sweater of unknown person, and the face became more and more haggard. The wheelchair man may really be her childhood friend, but unfortunately both of them are ill, so there is no way to prove it. But Grant believes it's true, because the wheelchair man draws Fiona when he was young . He came to Fiona again and again with beautiful and expensive flowers, and she refused to accept the fact that he was her husband, even though she spoke to him politely. She said the wheelchair man wouldn't confuse her, and she kept saying, see you tomorrow, okay? Grant and Fiona walked the sunny promenade together; Grant walked alone. Fiona pushes the wheelchair man past; Fiona walks slowly with tousled hair and a loose sweater. Grant pushed the wheelchair man past. In this promenade of life, who will walk with you, who will spend the rest of your life with you, and who will call the shots? 3. Like the lights in the log cabin, one by one, the conversation between Grant sending Fiona to the nursing home and his going to the wheelchair man's house is crossed out, until Fiona's condition deteriorates and Grant proposes to let the wheelchair man visit and stop, and it will not be chaotic. Wheelchair man's wife leaves him out of nursing home to keep his house. When Grant was reading to Fiona, she said, forgive me, thinking is not easy for me. Maybe death itself wasn't wrong, the nurse said, and maybe your wife thought the same thing. It's not too late to be who you want to be. Grant, who quit smoking for 30 years, started smoking and got a voicemail from a wheelchair-bound wife on a date. Grant took the wheelchair man wife to the ball with beautiful flowers. During the dance, Grant's mind is still skiing Fiona and her childlike smile. The wheelchair man wife knows what she wants better than Grant, and is more proactive and determined. The relationship between the two includes the grief over the deterioration of Fiona's condition, the anger towards Fiona's unforgettable wheelchair man, and his desire to escape from suffering and his search for a spiritual snuggle. I think it would be better for Grant to die alone with the increasingly ill Fiona, or to start a new life with his not-so-beautiful and graceful wife in a wheelchair. Although it is a bit awkward, it seems to be contrary to "holding the hand of the son, growing old with the son. Life and death are wide, and the son is the saying", but he has the right to choose to stick to his lover to spend the rest of his life, and he has the right to enjoy even a moment of new happiness. Life is not for suffering. had to let go. 4. You can dump me when Grant takes the wheelchair man to visit Fiona, she wears a yellow dress (it looks great with a pale rose cardigan), she says, I never wear yellow. Fiona told her that she remembered Grant's kindness to her. Grant was confused and excited, but interrupted her, saying that she had brought a wheelchair man to see her. She rubbed the hardcover Letter from Iceland, hesitated for a moment, then approached him, pinched his earlobe, and hooked his neck. "Have I seen you? You can abandon Me, abandon me, remind me of something. " "Never (abandon you) again." Hug each other with mixed feelings. She might forget him, he might give up on her. Fiona smiles back when she was young as they skied. Who knows, the story will not end until the end of her life. I Ask a friend, can Alzheimer's disease be prevented. She said yes, such as playing mahjong. I said, can I play escalating? She said yes. I said, I don't know what to do, so maybe watching a movie will not work. ..... When you are old, mahjong will be played for the sake of your loved ones (healthy diet and regular exercise are the right way to prevent it). There is no need to tear your heart, everything will eventually pass away. Such as sunshine, snowflakes Falling, blooming, decaying, endless, not rushing, flowing slowly, dull but not dull, sad but not sad. Grant reads "Letter from Iceland" to Fiona, whose ancestors moved from Iceland Isn't it true however far we 've wandered into our provinces of persecution. Isn't it true? No matter how far we are lost, lost in that self-harming place. Where our regrets accuse, we keep returning. Back to the common faith from which we've all dissented. Back to the hands, the feet, the faces. Let me find pure all that can happen. Let me find innocence and everything can come true. When you are old, for the sake of your loved ones, you will have to play mahjong (healthy diet and moderate exercise are the right way to prevent it). No need to tear your heart out, everything will pass away. Such as the sun shining, the snow falling, the blooming and decaying, the life is endless, neither rush nor slow, flowing slowly, dull but not dull, sad but not hurt. Grant reads Letters from Iceland to Fiona whose ancestors moved from Iceland Isn't it true however far we've wandered into our provinces of persecution. Isn't it true? No matter how far we are lost, lost in that self-harming place. Where our regrets accuse, we keep returning. Back to the common faith from which we've all dissented. Back to the hands, the feet, the faces. Let me find pure all that can happen. When you are old, for the sake of your loved ones, you will have to play mahjong (healthy diet and moderate exercise are the right way to prevent it). No need to tear your heart out, everything will pass away. Such as the sun shining, the snow falling, the blooming and decaying, the life is endless, neither rush nor slow, flowing slowly, dull but not dull, sad but not hurt. Grant reads Letters from Iceland to Fiona whose ancestors moved from Iceland Isn't it true however far we've wandered into our provinces of persecution. Isn't it true? No matter how far we are lost, lost in that self-harming place. Where our regrets accuse, we keep returning. Back to the common faith from which we've all dissented. Back to the hands, the feet, the faces. Let me find pure all that can happen. Back to siblings, back to face. Let me find pure all that can happen. Back to siblings, back to face. Let me find pure all that can happen.

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  • [Madeleine is leading Grant down a garishly lit corridor during a tour of the nursing home]

    Madeleine Montpellier: So as you can see, we get a lot of natural light.

    Grant Anderson: Yes, I can see that.

  • Fiona: You never left me; you still made love to me... Despite all those disturbing elements elsewhere. But all those sandals... all those bare female toes, Grant; what could you do?