by Kathy Collard Miller | Oct 5, 2018 | anger, book drawing, caregiving, caring, compassion, Lewy Body Dementia
I’m so pleased to let you know about an important book, 30 Days of Hope When Caring for Aging Parents. Even if you aren’t currently caring for someone, you can be prepared for the future because most everyone faces some sort of caregiving in their lives....
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 | Sep 23, 2016 | anxiety, beliefs, blame, contempt, demands, heart change, holiness, Lewy Body Dementia, Never Ever Be the Same, perfection, perfectionism, temptations
I have long struggled with criticizing myself because my efforts and time spent feel like I’m never doing enough. I compare myself to other mothers, wives, writers, and speakers. I think, “Look at all they are doing and I’m not.” As a recovering perfectionist, if I...
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...
