Well I am so getting into the "listening" A dear friend was having coffee with me and started to tell me a long wonderful story. I listened intrigued, commenting when needed and truly heard her..........................as I have heard the same story over and over. She has memory loss. The positive side is , I know the story so well that when she falters in the telling, I fill in the blanks. She says to me " you are amazing how you know exactly what I am going to say". How do you do that?" A beautiful learning to hearing her and not letting her know that her memory loss is so bad. I get more out of seeing the joy on her face as she tells this marvelous story. It is a gift to me.
