by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 30, 2017 | caregiving, dementia, grace, gratitude, Lewy Body Dementia, trials, Trust, truth
Several years ago, my husband, Larry, and I cared for his mother, Audrey, who had Lewy-Body Dementia. It was a rough road. In the beginning, she could still live in her own place with meals delivered to her. But then she became more confused and had...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 4, 2014 | beliefs, dementia, Lewy Body Dementia, lies, self-protective sinful strategies, stress, temptation, trials
In our final contrast of Lewy Body Dementia with “spiritual” dementia, we’ll look at “Don’t Make Me Suffer.”As a part of her disease, Audrey had hallucinations that people and things were spraying her with water, even toxins. Before...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 2, 2014 | attitude, deception, dementia, heart change, Lewy Body Dementia, truth, values, wisdom
We are continuing a series about the symptoms of “spiritual” dementia. I’m comparing how my mother-in-law Audrey responded to people and life because of her Lewy Body Dementia with my own “demented” kind of thinking and responding. This...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Nov 30, 2014 | Audrey, dementia, dependence, holiness, hope, hopelessness, Lewy Body Dementia, lies, sin, wisdom
We are continuing to examine the possible symptoms of “Spiritual” Dementia we began in our previous posts. Closely related to the need to be seen correctly, is how Audrey took everything personally. Because of her paranoia, everything that...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Nov 28, 2014 | beliefs, blame, dementia, fear, fear of man, humility, Lewy Body Dementia, lies, overwhelmed feelings
I shared with you in a recent post how by caring for my mother-in-law, Audrey, who had Lewy-Body Dementia, I discovered that I have “Spiritual” Dementia. Here’s another symptom: “Protect the Image.”Audrey often came to me...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Nov 26, 2014 | Audrey, beliefs, dementia, Lewy Body Dementia, lies, self talk, self-protective sinful strategies, truth
In my post talking about how my mother-in-law, Audrey, had Lewy Body Dementia, which is the same condition Robin Williams had, I mentioned a few symptoms. During the five years that she showed those, we became acutely aware of how God was...
