Today is Day 28 of my National Poem Writing Month challenge, and I have managed to write a haiku each day, often using an image to spark my imagination. Todays poem is called Alone and has me thinking more about loneliness, dementia and dying. I’m not so sure the loneliness is any worse than when you are facing … Continue reading »
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Don’t ruin today…
A courageous woman from Canada who lives with the diagnosis of a younger onset dementia wrote in a beautiful story titled The Red Cardinal; ‘I am getting off the couch and I am off to seize the day for I can place no trust in tomorrow.’ Mary Beth Wighton © 2013 It seems none of … Continue reading »
The impact of not planning for your end of life.
With or without dementia, this type of planning is imperative, and probably should be discussed in the senior years of a teenager’s school life, at the same time they are taught about voting and driving. If young adults were encouraged to think about life and death more fully, it would be something they might even … Continue reading »
Dementia, denial, old age and dying
“When it comes time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.” – Chief Aupumut (1725), Mohican. My dear husband has worked it out, that is, why I occasionally re-blog or add interesting articles found on the … Continue reading »
The end is nigh…
This last week I have been in Wellington in New Zealand, completely focused on learning about dementia. Whilst I’ve been here a lady called Dotty from the global dementia community who I had been following through her son Bob De Marco’s blog The Alzheimer’s Reading Room died. I cried, even though I did not know … Continue reading »
A reason to blog
Following my last blog, I’ve thought further about blogging, and why I do it. Our young friends asked me yesterday if the movie Julie and Julia had inspired me, and if I intended to publish my blog one day. I have thought about publishing Project 366, especially as now it is a recipe file, and … Continue reading »
The nurse in us all
Nurses and carers stay bonded in friendship because we share things that others don’t. We watch strangers die, holding their hands and consoling them and their loved ones. We watch miracles take place as we help babies come into this world, seeing the rawness of love and its pure beauty. Doctors often deliver the good or bad … Continue reading »
Random memory loss
Someone recently suggested I blossomed outward like a flower working hard to bloom in the middle of a drought. I am not sure I have the emotional strength to do that every day, if in fact that is what I am doing. It is a lovely thought though, and those words inspire me to keep trying. … Continue reading »
Death, my friend
Death gives life meaning. It creates the contrast, and finally offers the reality of who we really are. These days, very few will worry about burning in hell, some might still fear death, but many of us are now worrying about dying. Why?, you may ask. Most doctors have witnessed patients die undignified, soulless, high-tech … Continue reading »
