Love & kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.

We think we are most free when we don’t need anybody. Exactly what Alzheimer’s represents is absolute dependency. That’s what we all need to learn:

Do not judge. You don’t know what storm I’ve asked her to walk through. – God

A kind word is like a spring day.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. (Mark Twain)

When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people. As I grow older, I admire kind people.

Michael J. Fox: “One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless surrendered.”

Mother and daughter with quote: “There is a special joy that comes when you do something just to be kind.”

“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” (Abraham Lincoln)

She is brave and strong and broken all at once.