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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.Lao Tzu
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Even though people experiencing dementia become unable to recount what has just happened, they still go through the experience–even without recall. The psychological present lasts about three seconds. We experience the present even when we have dementia. The emotional pain caused by callous treatment or unkind talk occurs during that period. The moods and actions of people with dementia are expressions of what they have experienced, whether they can still use language and recall, or not.Judy Cornish
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Butterfly KissesAged imperfectionsstitched upon my faceyears and years of wisdomearned by His holy grace. Quiet solitude in a humble homeall the family scattered nowlike nomads do they roam. Then a giftsent from abovea memorypure and tangiblewrapped in innocence andunquestioning love. A butterfly kisslands gently upon my cheekfrom an unseen childa kiss most sweet. Heaven grants graceand tears followas youth revisitsthis empty hollow.Muse
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Affirmations are our mental vitamins, providing the supplementary positive thoughts we need to balance the barrage of negative events and thoughts we experience daily.Tia Walker
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Never give up hope! If you do, you be dead already.Unknown
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In the heart or every caregiver is a knowing that we are all connected. As I do for you, I do for me.Tia Walker
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Bad days my memory functions no better than an out-of-focus kaleidoscope, but other days me recall is painfully perfect.Mordecai Richler
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What made Olive the saddest about the Gardners was that everyone wanted to be enshrined in someone’s memory. It was the only way of living on after death, really: in the minds of loved ones. Memories were the only things that made aging bearable, a way of reverting to better, simpler days.Andrea Lochen
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The reason I might forget something is because my mind is like a computer. I have so much useless stuff stored up in there, that when I forget to clean out my Mind's Cache, it has no room for new information. Like wearing pants!James Hauenstein
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You will never experience personal growth, if you fear taking chances. And, you will never become successful, if you operate without integrity.T.A. Sorensen
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Caregiving will never be one-size-fits-all.Nancy L. Kriseman
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I love you but I got to love me more.Peggi Speers
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Many of us follow the commandment 'Love One Another.' When it relates to caregiving, we must love one another with boundaries. We must acknowledge that we are included in the 'Love One Another.Peggi Speers
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Dying from an aggressive fatal brain tumor is like dying from Alzheimer's disease accelerated one hundred times.Steven Magee
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Was the dementia of old age a blessing in disguise? No more thoughts. No more damage inflicted. No more memories of damage survived.Janet Turpin Myers
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Never give up hope. If you do, you'll be dead already.-- Dementia Patient, Rose from The Inspired CaregiverPeggi Speers
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Someday, I suppose I’ll give up, and sit in the rocking chair. But I’ll probably be rocking fast, because I don’t know what I’ll do without a job.Pat Summitt
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Caregiving often calls us to lean into love we didn't know possible.Tia Walker