The What the Heck of Sorrow

I spend time each week with a wise teacher. She specializes in the wounded, those of us dealing with injury and pain. We work on breath and mindfulness, with discovering where and what our bodies hold on to and how to let go, how to find balance, how to know ourselves. I first sought her expertise in order to better manage my Parkinson’s Disease.

creative non-fictionSam DavidsonJuly 26, 2017Parkinson’s Disease, teacher, injury, pain, mindfulness, love, loss, meditation, grief, losing a loved one, breathe, breath, grieving, sorrow, emotionComment

Hold On

My husband has Lewy Body dementia. Probably. No one knows for sure but we are losing him, our daughters and I, we are losing him to a disease that erodes his reason, silences his voice, and plays havoc with his physical abilities.

There are not conclusive tests, except post-mortem, for the diseases that steal cognition. So we think that my father died of Alzheimer’s and we think my father-in-law did so, too.… good, smart, hardworking men whom we loved very much.

creative non-fictionSam DavidsonJanuary 25, 2015blog, lewy body, dementia, disease, family, love, loss, parkinson's disease, illnesses, children, grandparents, grandchildrenComment