My mom in 1978 at 18 years old in Montrose, Colorado. I’m posting this because she has dementia and as soon as I found this picture of her, I reminded her of her timeless beauty and smile, as she often gets down on herself, it is so sad to hear
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Dementia is an absolute bastard. The sooner we find a cure the better.
+5 for Montrose
She is my age. Thanks for sharing. I can’t imagine how hard it must be for both of you. Peace.
If anyone in the comments has any resources for people who have a parent suffering through this, it would be much appreciated, as she is still so young
She’s beautiful, and looks so sunny! I’m sorry you’re both suffering.
Wow! Shout out for Montrose! My former parents in law owned a bookstore downtown in the 1980’s. Your mother probably shopped there. She is lovely and dementia is an absolute soul stealer.
My dad had a stroke that led to a dementia like state of going from normal dad to a man who couldnt go to the bathroom by himself. Always remember them for who they were, it hurts but in the end it does help.
she’s absolutely stunning
Wasn’t planning on crying today but here we are
hug her tight as often as possible
tell her u love her immensely and infinitely
oh and a great photo
What a classic beauty.
Such a natural beauty!!
She’s gorgeous. A western beauty. I remember those late 70s shirts well!
My grandmother had Alzheimer’s and I don’t wish dementia on anybody. There’s nothing easy about it (for the patient or the family) and as a side note do NOT watch the Pixar movie Coco if you’ve got a family member dealing with dementia. Me, a grown and heavily bearded man, definitely didn’t cry like a baby when I went to see it in theaters by myself….
I am so sorry. I lost my mom to dementia many years ago – the best term I’ve heard to describe it is “ambiguous loss”.
Only 62 with dementia? I’m very sorry to hear that. I’m sure it’s very difficult.
Ugh. I’m only a year younger than your Mom. To be suffering from dementia already is a very unlucky shuffling of the cards. Good luck to her.
I am so sorry. Just be with her till the very end. For various reasons I wasn’t there when my.mom passed and I could have been. I regret it deeply everyday of myife
Ten years later it hurts if not more than it did then. She knows I loved her with all my heart, we were insanely close. I was just a child at that point, and she not wanting us (two sons) to hurt she didn’t tell us how bad it rly was. It was cancer, we thought she was in remission doing good, she wasn’t. I miss her Soo much, I will see her in paradise when my times comes. Fish has given me that knowledge.peace be with you and your mom my friend. Much love.
Edit : “Faith” has given me that knowledge. Wow fish had to leave it in there I was laughing to hard.
Lost my mom to dementia. It’s absolutely horrible to watch.
My father suffered with dementia up until his passing in November of 2017. I hope that a cure can be found for this, amongst the other many devastating diseases that plague our humanity.
Your mother’s beautiful
I work on a dementia ward, it’s awful seeing people who worked high stress/intensity jobs struggle to understand their most basic human needs.
We need more funding and research asap
That’s really young, I’m sorry.
My mother started showing signs around age 65. She’s now 72 and pretty far along. Most of the time, she’s just loving and very repetitive, but when she gets “bad” it’s always because of her own lack of self esteem or self doubt bubbling up. Her whole life she never felt good enough and now it’s going to be her end.
Is/are she/you still in Colorado (you can DM me this answer, just need to know the general area for specificity on info)? My MIL is a bit of a local expert in this stuff, she knows all the resources and I can get them from her for you. She’s doing a lot less these days, having her own aging issues, but after all the elder abuse by police lately (Loveland in particular) she’s been doing a lot of training for first responders who answer calls with potential demetia.
I’m from Montrose!
I’m so sorry to hear about your Mom. She seems like a beautiful soul.
My father passed away this May from Alzheimer’s and dementia-related issues. One thing that I would highly recommend is finding music she loves from when she was younger and playing it for her. It is proven that music helps with memory, even with people who suffer from these diseases. It won’t “fix” anything, but you’d be amazed the smiles music can bring to people with Alzheimer’s and Dementia.
Also, I wouldn’t wait to tell her what she means to you. And don’t be afraid to tell her over and over again. It may be repeating the same thing to you, but kind words are always kind, especially if they don’t remember the last time you said it to them. Good luck with everything, and love youe family while you can.
/end rant
I want to love in montrose. It has absolutely everything including a convenient airport. An hour from Ouray. An hour from Telluride. Fly fishing.
Every time I drive through there on my way to Telluride I tell myself my dream situations is to be in that area
Wow, she is a beauty.
She’s gorgeous!