This past season, I lost two very close family members in short order. One was a shock, the other expected. Regardless of the circumstances that revolve around one’s death, the grief felt by those left here on earth remains strong,…
To Run the Race: How do we relay care and life while walking this dementia journey?
While the summer blooms are fading, we still may find glimpses of late bloomers. We may see blooms, such as this hydrangea, that stand in proud color and beauty, ignorant (or simply not caring) that it is October. As these…
Fear vs. Love
Do we care from a place of fear or from a place of love? The familiar feeling of fear can find its way into every area of our lives. In how we live, study, grow, work, and even how we…
When The Wind Is Taken From Your Sails
I had a teacher in middle school that took the wind out of my sails. She judged me based on my ability to take a standardized test. My intellect, my capacity to learn, my talents, my interests, and my dignity…
Dementia? So WHAT?
My heart sank the other day when I read a social media post about a mother who will not take her children to see her grandmother because she is now “toxic” and “depressing” because she now is living with FTD….