Alzheimer’s – Page 8 – God's Grace and Life's Challenges

Startled by Neatness

The glass-door hutch above Mom’s small desk in her living room startled me today. It was all clean and arranged

I gained a new perspective today. I hope I remember it. I gave Mom her bath and got her dressed

Sometimes you just need to sit still and hold your loved one’s hand and sing every song you can think

Poor little Annabel is lost. We’re afraid it might be forever. Faithful followers of our journey here know that Annabel

It was a very imperfect kind of birthday party. Some parties are like that. We did get almost the whole

Mom used to help us kids take our baths and get in our pajamas before a Walt Disney movie was

It was a howling kind of day. A lot of them are now. But I’m learning lessons of groanings and

I keep thinking about my mom’s dentist appointment the other week. As we were seated, waiting for her name to

The other day Mom looked at me with a childlike innocence, and in honest concern asked, “What do you do

Today Mom looks at me and asks, “Are you Raymon?” I take a long pause, looking her straight in the