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  1. Jean
    August 28, 2022 @ 9:02 am

    This post was so very meaningful. Your strong ability to assess your current state and complete the activities you know will move you from that state are remarkable. That THIS BOOK was the content of the anxiety-producing box ended up being a soul-filling post for your readers and healing for you was providence. Thank you.

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    • Gerda Saunders
      October 18, 2022 @ 11:16 am

      Dear Jean, thanks so much for your lovely comment, though it sometimes takes me months to respond…So far I am lucky that I can still (mostly) follow through with activities that make me feel better, but some days I just slump…Your kindness about my writing means so much to me. It gives me a goal to work on if I hear that my writing means something to you.. My warmest best wishes, Gerda

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  2. Joyce Richardson
    August 28, 2022 @ 11:41 am

    This writing is so eloquent and informative. I hope to discover my strategies for addressing my “freak outs”

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    • Gerda Saunders
      October 18, 2022 @ 11:13 am

      Thanks so much for your kind comment, Jayce. Sorry to hear you suffer from “freak outs” too. You will find your own way to deal with them. I’m wishing you everything of the very best.

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  3. shen
    August 28, 2022 @ 5:26 pm

    Thank you for the info on this artist Gerda. I have never heard of her before. You’ll have to tell me if you enjoy the book.
    You already know my remedy for anxiety!

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  4. Gwen Maw
    August 29, 2022 @ 6:56 pm

    Your posts are always interesting and erudite. My 92-y-o husband has dementia. We’ve lived in the same house since we married 51 years ago. At age 87, I just try to hold it all together. Keep on keeping on, Gerda.

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    • Gerda Saunders
      October 18, 2022 @ 11:09 am

      Thanks so much for your lovely comnennt, Gwen. So sorry to hear your husband has dementia. I’m sure there’s nothing I can tell you that you haven’t experienced. It means so much to me that you got in touch. Peter and I have also been married over fifty years. It’s a gift to have a life together, but a decline into dementia is so devastating to the other partner. My very best wishes go out to you and your husband. And I love your motto: Keep on keeping on!

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  5. Sue Cobbett
    January 19, 2023 @ 6:24 pm

    Saw your article in the Dementia MOOC run by Univ of Tasmania. I am interested as my mother who is 88 is dementing. Losing concept of people, time and place. Wanting to share your wisdom with family.

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    • Gerda Saunders
      February 5, 2023 @ 11:34 am

      How lovely to hear from you, Sue. I did not know that my article made it as far as Tasmania! I looked up the MOOC and am so happy that they are taking on such a necessary educational project. I’m sorry to hear about your mom’s dementia. As I can see from Peter and my family and friends, I think it is harder for the people who watch the person’s deterioration than it is to be the person with dementia. I so empathize with you and your family about your mom’s mental loss of the people she loves and the disorientation she feels in time and place. In my case, I can still manage in a small space with few people, but am very lost in the world I used to have. It is, however, from my perspective, not a terrible thing as long as the people who love you allow you to exist in your own comfort zone and don’t try to pull you out into a world in which you are no longer comfortable and are incapable to live with grace. I am so lucky that on some days I can still find the words. I am so grateful for your support. Wishing you all the very best for you, your mom, and your family.

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