How do you cope with seeing a loved one’s life erased by Alzheimer’s? Cindy Reynestook up a second degree to become a nurse. But when her mother got afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease she chose not to practice her profession and instead become her mom’s primary caregiver. While caring for her mom she faced the greatest challenge a daughter can have: to keep loving and honoring a parent who no longer remembers her — one who was fast becoming a stranger. She captured the heartwarming and at times heartbreaking stories in a journal that has now evolved into the book you now hold in your hands. In these pages Cindy shares her painfully honest humorous and poignant struggles as a care partner of her mom afflicted with this progressive disease. This chronicle of her pilgrimage from denial to acceptance resentment to forgiveness and heartbreak to unconditional love also offers practical tips on how you can care for your loved ones in sickness or in health.
