Tony's Camino de Santiago

[jostony]

jostony submitted a new resource:

Tony's Camino de Santiago - Walking for Alzeihmers

Tony's Camino de Santiago

My mother suffered many years with dementia, triggered & accelerated through loneliness when my father died. Having endured so much in life, survived the Spanish Civil War, married the man she loved and settled in England to raise a loving family I gradually witnessed my proud mother withdraw into herself, lose her sense of "self", all her skills, self-respect & dignity, but also hope and joy as she disconnected from life.

Slowly she forgot our names but...

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[Sheilajg]

Thank you for sharing your story. I am touched by it and I wish you all the best on your journey as well as the fundraising. She sounds like a wonderful woman.