@gingerw - What you said about the picture of your mother really reminded me of a photo my aunt sent me this last week of my 98-year-old great aunt, who lives many states away from me. She was sitting at a table in a pretty gown at a memory care facility in which she recently started residing, staring off vacantly. She has Alzheimer's and has not recognized her own son for the past two years.

I'm grateful she has lived a full life with many friends and family who have cared greatly about her.