My Quicksand of Forgetfulness

This mask shows the scary side of Alzheimer's following me in Italy. 👺 I feel like I've been here before! I had Deja Vu for over a month when we were in Australia 🦘. Now I have it again in Venice, Italy. 🇮🇹 Actually, it is a valid feeling. I visited Venice thirty years ago. It is still familiar and I keep saying that I remember this place and that place as we walk around the scenic city. Sometimes my memory is even better than my husband's memory of this magical city in Italy. I remember the gondolas skimming across the city canals. We sat and watched the elegant boats for hours. Only men are working on them and they charge $100 per gondola boat. 🛶 I remember the central San Marco Square. The last time we were here, it was flooded from a major storm. Sandbags were piled at the edges of the Grand Canal. It survived the flood and looks better than ever now. 🏞️ I survived the Venice flood and now I am fighting surviving my diagnosis. I am not going to let  Alzheimer'...