A Journey in Review, Post 44: Be Still
I could have done better; I could have been still more, but even in my imperfect efforts to find the quiet, to be still, I received gifts of stillness.
A Journey in Review, Post 43: Discoveries
1) be open to the discoveries you’ll make as a caregiver, even if you can’t sort out the significance or story behind it; 2) be mindful of the discoveries that you’ll leave for others.
A Journey in Review, Post 42: Whole Wide Shrinking World
If you don’t journal or write through the experience, find another way to process this shrinking world that expands within you. Talk to a friend, take walks, paint, or knit… engage in any mode of expression that can receive some of what flows through you.
Journey in Review, Post 41: Tell Them Anyway
So you think it’s already too late? Tell them anyway. Maybe it will seep through the broken hippocampus. If it doesn’t, your words and love will fill the space between you, connect you.
A Journey in Review, Post 40: Normalize Dying
Go in, whether your person is dying at home or in a facility for their safety and comfort. Normalize dying. You won’t be sorry. The dying have beautiful gifts if we’re willing to enter, sit with them, see them. And your visit is a gift.
A Journey in Review, Post 39: Almost Everything
Almost everything will slip away on the Alzheimer’s journey. Those moments when an air pocket of their essence bubbles to the surface are almost everything. A reminder of the person we’re losing. A hint that they’re still with us.
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