Health | Me, Martha and Alzheimer's

2017 won’t be great..

Posted on December 30, 2016 Leave a Comment

I do have a choice, and that choice is to walk with her till the end regardless of how hard it will be.

I’ve been going through some stuff, some psychological challenges, physical challenges, realisations and realities and have allowed life to get on top. It isn’t all bad, I have recently launched a new charity, a new business with a friend, and a new business importing crystals to NZ. I am at uni studying counseling and feeling […]

Mama, I miss you..

Posted on July 6, 2016 3 Comments

It has been a long time since I put fingers to keyboard in an attempt to write a blog post. It has felt as if I have gone through a war, an emotional war, both sides of my brain at war with my heart. Processing emotions is hard, I don’t know if it is hard […]

Am I your daughter?

Posted on March 30, 2016 2 Comments

And if she does not remember me, please do not be offended if she does not remember you.

When it hurts, it hurts

Posted on February 15, 2016 Leave a Comment

I am hurting. The pain is radiating from my heart and spreading down to the tips of my fingers and toes. It feels as if my hair aches and my finger nails are digging into me. This pain and grief feels familiar, common but also unfamiliar. I have not bathed in grief for a long […]

A life worth living..

Posted on January 9, 2016 Leave a Comment

Dear Katie Hopkins, It has been almost a year since you wrote this (and various other things about dementia); “Dementia sufferers should not be blocking beds. What is the point of life when you no longer know you are living it? Bang me over the head.” I, fortunately, have only just stumbled across your careless […]

A few helpful tips..

Posted on December 15, 2015 1 Comment

This time of year is a hard time for families caring for someone with alzheimers/dementia. Services shut down or go to a skeleton staff, family and friends go away for the holiday season, it is hot, tiring and the days are long. Carers are often exhausted and will look that way. I know this from […]