Lunch with Tillie

Here is a small book with a big punch. It is the sequel to the highly-rated and well-received Unforgettable: Loving, Defending and Video Documenting My Wife with Alzheimer's. This, the continuing story of forgetful Tillie, is a tragicomedy. Advanced Alzheimer's does not necessarily lead to a loss of all sense of reality. In fact just the opposite can be true as in Tillie's case. Extreme forgetfulness can enable a person to separate the meaningful aspects of life from the meaningless,...
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Here is a small book with a big punch. It is the sequel to the highly-rated and well-received Unforgettable: Loving, Defending and Video Documenting My Wife with Alzheimer's. This, the continuing story of forgetful Tillie, is a tragicomedy. Advanced Alzheimer's does not necessarily lead to a loss of all sense of reality. In fact just the opposite can be true as in Tillie's case. Extreme forgetfulness can enable a person to separate the meaningful aspects of life from the meaningless, and to dispense with the latter. Here is a true-life courtroom drama-comedy with combatants who sought to control the life of this woman when a judge declared her incapable of making her own decisions. Was the judge correct? What were the motivations of the numerous--to use the legal term--"interested parties" involved? What were Tillie's own thoughts on the subject?In presenting this story, the author does not claim to be objective. You cannot easily mix love and objectivity, particularly when the love is immense and has a rich and long history. In fighting for the rights and respect of Tillie he pushed family and friends aside and even risked his own freedom. Hardships were many but rewards were great. Here is a story of strength, hopefulness and escape when no escape seemed possible. Here is a story of determination and commitment, of love and devotion that no court, no judge and no ignorant obstructionists could destroy.