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My grandmother kept many journals in her last few years of life with Alzheimer's Disease - to remember important people, memories, and even how to make a pot of coffee. These journals are a beautiful memoir of a strong mind lost to a very cruel disease. Here are excerpts from her writing interspersed with my own memories of a wonderful woman.

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A Mind Gone Missing Lost to Alzheimer's Disease

English - Alzheimers Disease, Dementia, Family

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A Mind Gone Missing · 2Y ago

“I just don’t understand why they’re doing this to me.”

The family struggled for several weeks trying to get grandma to understand why her best friend was suddenly gone. They could describe what had happened every day, and she'd still forget by the time she returned to her room after dinner and Ivy wasn't there.

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A Mind Gone Missing · 2Y ago

Grandma’s Journals

Today I spent a few hours re-reading all of Grandma's handwritten journals that she kept during the last few years of her life. I was really grateful to come away thinking that although she had bad days, for the most part Grandma was always the same person we always knew, with or without her memori...

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A Mind Gone Missing · 2Y ago

The Goat, Judy Garland and Grand Rapids, MN.

Grandma always told us stories about her life, and her favorites usually revolved around her childhood in Grand Rapids, MN. As she got older and it became obvious that she was afflicted with Alzheimer's Disease, her stories changed and the 'originals' mostly got lost in the shuffle of everyone's bu...

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