Counsellor in Fleet, Hampshire
My Mum’s journey with Dementia continues and each day that passes feels like a blessing and a worry all at the same time. Mum has stopped trying to eat and my Dad and her carers are daily finding new ways to get enough nutrition into her. From shakes made from protein rich beans, fruit and milk to trifle, they are trying it all. Continue reading “Dementia Action Week”
The grey hair sprouts
The bottom lip pouts
Sadness lingers
I’m typing with my fingers
To get this feeling out!
~ Caroline Ellison (not a poet!)
The tug of war with dementia is cruel, profound, deeply moving and today has been tough! Continue reading “Tug of war with Dementia – Living Grief”
Together Christmas and Dementia do not make good bed fellows. Every Christmas Mum who is living with Dementia is less aware of what is going on. For Mum and Dad, Christmas Day is now very much just another day of the week. They are alone together, Mum unaware of what day it is and Dad filled with nostalgia and sadness Continue reading “Christmas and Dementia”
I wheeled her round our garden, once her pride
of joyous cultivation; countless hours
spent in the tending of her myriad flowers; Continue reading “Dementia Sonnet 14 – Milestones”
My Mum has gone in mind but is still with us in body and soul! Today I called my Dad to say
“Happy Mother’s Day”
It left me feeling empty when I put the phone down and I came to my cabin to write this whilst it was still clear in my head and heavy in my heart. Continue reading “Mother’s Day without Mum”
My Mum is in late stages of Vascular Dementia and this weekend talking with family it dawned on me that this year will be the first year I will not spend Christmas with my Mum! It hit me without warning and a deep sadness engulfed all of me. I stopped what I was doing and simply froze to the spot and felt the grief throughout my heart and soul. Continue reading “Living with Grief”
