Tagged with love …
I’ve still got a few roses left…
If anyone needs to stop by and smell a few of them, please feel free to swing by! So many of my friends are working so hard, they hardly ever have time (make time?) to stop and smell their own, or anyone else’s roses; ‘This is the price of success’, many say. What is success if all it … Continue reading »
Time flies
A fellow blogger, Worrywarts guide… led me to the YouTube clip below (thank you). It catapulted me into a ‘reconsider my various mantras’ mode, such as ‘you live until you die’ and ‘live every day as if it’s your last, just in case it is’. And then it made me wonder how many days until … Continue reading »
Love the ups and downs of your life…
Nothing left to say, other than I’m glad to be alive!
I’ve started wandering…
My days are starting to look a bit like this! I do a lot of walking around in circles, up and down the stairs to the bedroom, back to the office or kitchen, wondering why. If I was a resident in aged care, I would be labelled as wandering, rather than a person simply looking for something … Continue reading »
Yolanda’s story
Yolanda’s story was first posted on Global Dementia Voices, October 11, 2012 by Kate Swaffer. I felt it important to highlight the stories from that blog here, as it simply didn’t grow wings, and the stories of people with dementia, or illness leading to symptoms of dementia are important in teaching us all to better … Continue reading »
Strength of character
A few weeks ago I felt broken after a crisis… and many of you sent me your support here, via email and on Facebook. Thank you. It seems to have been one of the greatest tests of my emotional ability to recover my heart and soul. Ever. And in a strange sort of way, on searching for the positives, … Continue reading »
I really appreciate your friendship…
Todays blog is full of quotes for the people who have touched my life in one way or another, who have made me smile when I felt like crying, and who have helped me see the glass half full on the days that I forget to. And to remind you I really appreciate your friendship. We rarely get … Continue reading »
Have you ever seen a peacock in full flight?
These images came to me via email, and I have no idea where they came from, but they are so beautiful I wanted to … Continue reading »
Carers and Friendship
This is more true for the husbands, wives, parents, daughters, sons or friends who care for a loved one living with a diagnosis of dementia, because as the disease progresses, it could be we become a whole lot less lovable. Most of the blogs I read written by adult children caring for a parent with … Continue reading »
Blah blah blah
Some days I can feel my brain thinking, but all I can hear is blah blah blah… This could be the worst or best blog I have ever written, or somewhere in between! Blah blah blah is where my little grey cells are at, and if I had a real human visitor, I suspect the … Continue reading »
Feelings about dementia
After reading Kay Bransfords blog I don’t understand why you are so upset today, I responded with my own feelings about dementia, and whether a PWD can cause others to feel duress. In reality, no-one cannot cause another person to respond or react a certain way. You cannot cause a healthy person to respond or react a certain way. … Continue reading »
“Oh, but you’re just like me.”
Many times a day I walk around in circles at home, wondering what I had been doing, or what I was going to do. It is not quite confusion, but more like a vagueness caused by forgetfulness. My brain used to be so sharp. I used to have about 12 television screens going on at … Continue reading »
Louis Theroux: Extreme Love – Dementia
In case you don’t realise Dementia is an awful disease, and can’t understand why people in the early stages of dementia and their loves ones fear what is ahead, watch this video. It is worthy of a being my second blog today. It also shows the absolute depth of human love and committment by those people who love and … Continue reading »
Inside my heart: a poem
My heart is drifting upwards Held only by a fragile piece of string Floating high amongst the clouds A balloon, about to burst from pain. One end of the string, tied securely to my heart The other end held firmly by many sets of hands My true love, my boys and my friends Gently and lovingly … Continue reading »
