Dementia became a gift for her, as she no longer, remembered, ALL the pains and sufferings of her childhood years, she no longer carried her grudges toward everybody who’d wronged her like she’d done when she was young, and she’d become, much more, easier to get along with too.

Dementia became a gift, it’s odd, I know, but, since she’d been diagnosed, she’d, lost, ALL of her older tendencies, she used to be so controlling over our lives, and now, because she’d lost her abilities to care for herself, she doesn’t have the mind now, to bother herself with everything that we’re, doing in our lives, which makes our lives, a whole lot easier…

what dementia is, but it doesn’t, have to be interepreted like that

image found online…

Dementia became a gift, for her, and for us too.  Surely, taking care of her isn’t at all easy, but, we still manage, because she’s, our mother, and she’d, raised us, taught us right from wrong, and, we’re, all very, grateful for the sacrifices she’d made for us, her children, as well as, her family.

Dementia became, a blessing, in disguise, surely, we were, upset, and had some troubles, adapting to her conditions, but, once we got the hang of how to take care of her better, everything flowed, smoothly now…

like this???  Photo from online…

Dementia doesn’t always have to be trying, and yet, there’s, so much negativity surrounding the subject, you lose your ability to take care of yourself, memory loss, becoming incompetent, and needing others to care for you, but, if you look at it from an alternative angle, from the perspectives of the hardships of life your elderly demented family members already has, then, you might realize, that hey, forgetting, isn’t, all that bad…