Thanks.
True.
Especially given that the Alzheimer's blunted or removed most of her more redeemable qualities and left her insufferable ones ragingly intact!
Thankfully, God's Grace proved sufficient. And, constantly reminding myself that she once wiped MY bottom.
I also had a parent with Alzheimers...my mom died 14yrs ago, from Alzheimers...my dad while he was able, cared for her until he died...I then, brought her to live with me, and cared for her until she died...
Yes, it was a long, hard, difficult journey, but one I would not trade for anything...it was a privilege to care for my mom, to care for her in her fragile state, as she cared for me when I was a child...
I worked in nursing homes for many years...I always requested to work primarily on the Alzheimers wings, as I found I somehow could easily care for them, perhaps because of my experiences with my mom...
It always struck me, how Alzheimers is so awful, slowly robbing people of their memories...it also struck me how Alzheimers will strike just about anyone, no one is immune...I have cared for an English University Professor, a farmer, a rancher, a couple of engineers, a judge, a concert pianist, a couple of business executives, a couple of medical doctors, a couple of lawyers, a state senator, a Barnum and Baily circus clown, a missionary from China, a couple of clergymen, housewives, factory workers, secretaries, retired military, car salesmen, and on and on...so many people from so many different backgrounds, with so many different careers....all have one thing in common...Alzheimers, slowly robbing them of their memories, and robbing them of their past...its in insidious awful disease...
I will keep you both in my thoughts and in my prayers...one of you has already lost your parent to Alzheimers, the other is dealing with a parent living with Alzheimers...
My very best to both of you...