Tuesday, January 8, 2013

The curative powers of music

This incredible video reminded me of when my grandmother first became ill with Alzheimer's and would break into spontaneous renditions of "Some One of These Days" whenever she'd lose track of a conversation. (And they wonder how I became such a ham.) Imagine what her last few years might have been like if she'd had an iPad containing all of her favorite songs in her ears on a regular basis.


2 comments:

nanet said...

wow, thank you for sharing this!

Cathy Hamilton said...

You're welcome, Nanet. I'm going to remember this whenever someone I love gets sick in any way.

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