Wife with dementia surprises husband with one crystal-clear memory in her final days

"One thing dementia didn't take away from her was her love for him."

Watching loved ones slowly fade away from dementia is a heartbreaking and grueling process. Finding the silver lining in the devastation is not easy--but TikTok user Bridgette (@bmilam1) was able to find it by sharing the love story between her grandpa and grandma during her dementia battle.

The couple shared a loving phrase that they often said to each other based on Doris Day's song "A Bushel and a Peck". Her grandpa would say, "A bushel and a peck, a hug around the neck," to his wife, and she would finish it by saying, "To the moon! Bridgette shared three sweet clips that make up a montage on TikTok showing them saying the phrase to one another during different points of her dementia battle.

Family finds surprise gift on mom's memorial bench after leaving balls of yarn as a tribute

"I just hope this is a reminder to everyone that the simplest act of kindness from you can completely brighten a stranger’s day."

Losing a loved one is difficult. It feels exceptionally more difficult when the person you've lost is your parent but you do what you can to keep their memory alive. Everyone has their own way of doing this. It could be that they've planted a tree to put their ashes around or they wear their loved one's favorite sweater on rough days.

There's no right or wrong way of paying tribute to someone that has passed as it's usually a personal decision. When Robin Epley, a writer for the Sacramento Bee lost her mother Cynthia in 2019, she and her father went with a bench design for her grave marker so they could sit with her. The bench is made of stone with her mother's picture emblazoned on the front.

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'Guys with alpaca hair' and 14 other Gen Z fashion trends people pray will end in 2025

People have some passionate thoughts on current trends.

Online culture has had an incredible effect on fashion trends. It used to take a trend about 20 years to complete a cycle: introduction, rise, peak, decline, and obsolescence.

However, in 2024, this cycle has been sped up incredibly due to several factors. Trends can be quickly introduced and adopted due to social media, online shopping and quick turnaround through fast-fashion distribution. The speed of adaptation also means they can fizzle out just as fast.