The week I was in the UK I managed the symptoms of dementia on my own most of the time, except when they were noticeable!! Why it is so hard to ask for help, to mention what is happening, rather than to hide it is mostly beyond me, other than the fact I was fiercely…
Life It begins with a sexually transmitted act And, it is a terminal disease Some days it gets in your way Ebbing and flowing its own direction Sparing little regard to what you had planned It wanders along a winding road Allowing you to hold the rudder If only you will Begging you too steer the…
Life, love, loss Life is for living and loving Loss and trauma gets in the way At worst we simply bear it At best we embrace loss and trauma Learn to live with it with passion Turning it into new understanding A chance to transform our experience Of heartache into happiness Find ways to live…
This blog is a rambling discussion of life inside my heart. There are days when writing this blog has become a burden, but I continue to push myself as I firmly believe it is the right thing to do and that it is one of my ‘positive interventions for dementia’ that is helping. Yesterday I just could…
Steven Sabat gave a presentation about being a friend to someone with Alzheimer’s disease, and said in the face of dementia, people just don’t know what to do (or say), and I think this applies to other illnesses or crises too. This is why they ‘disappear’, not because they are bad people or don’t love…
Last weekend we visited a unit which was for sale, as have been toying with the idea of trying to help our big kids into their own real estate. It was like going back in time, a unit with rich floral carpet, and a sprinkling of old-fashioned dark wood furniture, belonging to an elderly lady who…
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