This is to chronicle a journey through the maze that is dementia. More common today than what I recall as a child when an older person became “senile.” It carries specific characteristics and challenges and it seems to be as rampantly growing in numbers just as autism in small children is. Like other things – we are taught that there are no cures and that it is a fatal disease. This may in fact be the case. However, I know it isn’t always true of many diseases we have come to reside with in our society. I’m not convinced that this is how the story must be written. Though I have seen it played out in friends, family and friend’s parents. Now I have a parent who is suffering from it and all around her are also suffering with her and from her.

There are no guaranteed outcomes here and while I hold hope for something better, that tends to be my nature. As a writer and researcher, I have a need to learn and share with others what I learn and look for input and collaboration from those on the same or similar journey. My hope with this blog is that it can be a compilation of information I collect, anecdotal evidence of things learned, and a resource for others no matter how this all turns out. My deepest hope is that you the reader will find encouragement, resources and kindred spirit in the hard journey that comes from watching someone you love lose their mind over time. Yes, I am hoping for miracles – but sometimes the miracle looks different than what we expect but is a miracle no less. Stories write themselves over time. Life is challenging. God is good.