FOR THIS I AM GRATEFUL

Living with Dementia. I remember going home to an empty house to try to digest my doctors news, You have vascular dementia. I thought to myself, Im only 55 and Im already a widow, the worst thing that could ever happen to me. But during my career working in Dementia Care, my co-workers and I had always felt that getting any type of dementia diagnosis would be the worst news a person could receive. Having witnessed the progression in so many people, I knew being a widow was nothing compared to what I was going to have to face. I soon discovered those past experiences would, in fact, help me forge through the coming losses.The diagnosis itself was