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.
A Journey in Review, Post 38: The Questions
A Journey in Review, Post 37: Against All Odds
Against all odds, we found flickers of brightness, a smile, pointing at a flower, recognizing a face, even happiness when the house was full of family and friends.
A Journey in Review, Post 36: Sudden Changes
The disease chips away at the pieces of your person so.very.slowly, but when a piece breaks off, it’s heart-numbing and sudden.
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