The French use the term, ennui. It is a kind of boredom that comes from living in an emotional vacuum, an existence in which no one is either happy or unhappy. Just an easy, comfortable, predictable, routine existence punctuated with brief moments of either joy or sadness.
Tag Archives: Alzheimer’s and the Husband
20. Sam
I watched her asleep on the bed, sensing she would be a different woman when she woke up. Subtle maybe, but still different. Every day. Almost every hour.
19. Choices
The year 1960 was pivotal in many ways. It was a collision point between faith in God-given possibilities and the emergence of bad choices made by the world’s leaders.
18. Bill
Now that woman who saved my life in so many ways is fading away. And God seems to be going with her.
17. Insight
Just as feelings of love seem viable and evident in the afflicted brain, so does the knowledge that a life has had meaning.
Stu Ervay 