A Family's Journey Through Dementia
A Trip We Didn't See Coming and Didn't Want to Take, But Here We Are….
The road narrows, the woods close in on our journey towards the end of dementia and the mileposts come more quickly…. WE WERE TALKING one night, Connie and I. She was Continue Reading →
I am back in the role of care-giver, if only for a few minutes every night, and it’s not a burden. Not at all. It’s a mix of love, appreciation Continue Reading →
It may not be nice to trick a loved one with dementia, but sometimes you just have to…. IT MAY NOT be nice to play tricks on someone with dementia, but Continue Reading →
Before sleep, an answerable question and things gone lost…. IT WAS BEDTIME. The meds were taken, teeth brushed, covers pulled up around Connie’s neck. I held her, kissed her cheek, stroked Continue Reading →
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Safety is a fleeting thing and we don’t feel quite as safe as we did, but at the same time the cause of our feelings is a victim of the Continue Reading →
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For a while, on Christmas Eve, the stranger who sometimes moves into Connie’s mind these went away and she came back…. THERE IS A stranger who creeps into Connie these days. We Continue Reading →
It’s a first Christmas alone and the apartment doesn’t have any Christmas trimmings, but it’s not sad, just different…. THIS IS NOT a sad tale, though it may sound like it. Continue Reading →
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Driving without words on a chilly morning as the leafs fall…. IT WAS CHILLY. Forty-eight degrees, but for Connie, too chilly for a walk. Her internal temperature controls are awry these Continue Reading →
Connie says she is losing it and she is scared. So am I. Week by week it becomes more clear where we are going and neither of us wants to Continue Reading →
Haven’t posted for a while. Blame it on ennui…. Been a while since I posted on this blog. Once upon a time I had plans to make this a semi-weekly or Continue Reading →