I am sure many of your readers have navigated, or are navigating this space, and we are all with you.
You know your father, and I believe with you that between yourself, your mother, and your brother you will figure out what you can share that he would be okay with your sharing.
I watched my father care for my mother through seven years of…
I am sure many of your readers have navigated, or are navigating this space, and we are all with you.
You know your father, and I believe with you that between yourself, your mother, and your brother you will figure out what you can share that he would be okay with your sharing.
I watched my father care for my mother through seven years of Alzheimer's, and then his last couple of years involved some dementia as well. I think often, actually, of how long I have before my children will have their own story of watching my mind step away into liminal space.
There is a tradition about which I have read recently in which elders on their way out of a space of good health and function to somewhere else are considered a living shrine. Rather than thinking of them as somehow losing their relevancy, they are held to be sacredly relevant, holding wisdom for the rest of us.
I am sure many of your readers have navigated, or are navigating this space, and we are all with you.
You know your father, and I believe with you that between yourself, your mother, and your brother you will figure out what you can share that he would be okay with your sharing.
I watched my father care for my mother through seven years of Alzheimer's, and then his last couple of years involved some dementia as well. I think often, actually, of how long I have before my children will have their own story of watching my mind step away into liminal space.
There is a tradition about which I have read recently in which elders on their way out of a space of good health and function to somewhere else are considered a living shrine. Rather than thinking of them as somehow losing their relevancy, they are held to be sacredly relevant, holding wisdom for the rest of us.
There is beauty in every time of life.
This is so beautiful, thank you. My dad is my living shrine for sure.