“It slams you back to a time when you knew what was important, and what wasn’t.”
’25 days before the one-year anniversary of my husband’s death, a Facebook memory popped up’
‘It was my birthday when she no longer knew my name or who I was.’
“I kiss her and say, ‘I love you.’ She is quiet. I stay close and wait. Nothing. I am afraid to move. Afraid I won’t hear her say her words to me.”
‘The grief was his alone to bear’: Father’s despair dealing with son’s death as wife suffers from dementia
“When Jeff’s name comes up she will ask, ‘Who?’ and he will once again explain to her that it is her son, and he died from cancer.”
‘Like a farewell she had foreseen’: Parkland student honors her best friend, a victim, on her birthday
“No child should have to look down at a friend lying in a coffin and watch as their family kisses them goodbye.”
‘I have no words for what I experienced today’: Women deliver baby dolls to elderly dementia, Alzheimer’s patients
“I’m amazed by her passion for those affected by dementia/Alzheimer’s. Thank you for making such a difference. It’s a day I will never forget.”
