Testimonies: Mourning a person who is still alive 5 Articles

by Samantha Pratt-Tyler

There is something so sad and yet inevitable when you love someone who has dementia or close to it alzhemiers that you slowly watch who they are die. My son's biological father has had 4 strokes from which he has sur...read more

by Caroline Cloutier

Growing up in a large yet close knit family, I was always surrounded by love. Because of this I suppose I took some members of my family for granted and while in the back of my mind knew one day each and everyone one of us...read more

by Lauren Rogers

I am mourning the loss of a twenty two year old son. But he is alive. He can function. He is breathing, eating and talking. The loss I feel may seem trivial to some, but as a mother, this loss is as real as if my son h...read more

by Nancy Horton

It is very difficult for those who have been faced with preparing for a loved one's eventual death; such as a type of cancer, alzheimers, etc. And especially knowing that your hands are tide when it comes to a cure or even...read more

by Sherrolyn Mincey

My mother will be 89 years old in July of this year, but she started dying as my mother about 3 years ago. She has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. Mother has had two strokes. The first was about 12 years ago ...read more