Introduction

This memoir is a tender yet powerful love story of a husband and wife and their nine adult children. This inspirational story reveals the life issues we face when our aging parents need parents. In a gripping and emotional story, I invite you to walk this path with me.

Personal Experience

I share how my mother's Alzheimers disease affected her life and how we found helpful adaptations to aid and comfort her. It reveals how the Dreaded Decision of choosing Nursing Care can tear at a family.

Reflections on Life and Death

While they are on earth, our parents stand in an imaginary doorway between this world and the next. When they depart, we step forward and take their place. There is some useful information to be gained about this realm of midnight, of growing old, and letting go.

Offering Guidance

If you are just beginning your journey, I offer you mine.