Momma’s Chuckles
A Heartfelt and Humorous Journey Through Alzheimer’s
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"Momma Chuckle" - After driving Momma "home" for the past 45 minutes ...we drove past Lake Erie in "OHIO" (Chesapeake Bay) and past Myrtle Ave in "OHIO" (We live in MARYLAND.). Mom decided since we were having a hard time finding our house (in OHIO), we'd stop at that place over there - Traders....... Says we can try again in the morning because she doesn't want me driving after dark.
We are eating at Traders....sister Karen leaned over to Momma... laying her head on her shoulder. Momma lays her head on top of Karen's....Karen says, "I'm tired." Momma says............... "I'm Mary."
Love my Momma
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The journey of Alzheimer's with a loved one is difficult. More and more caregivers are deciding to not let them walk that path alone. Their pain is your pain. Their sadness is your sadness. Their anger is your anger. Their confusion is your confusion. When they no longer have their memories, you share yours with them. Sometimes there is a glimmer, a sparkle, that reaches out of their darkness. There's a happy, shared memory that, for a moment, makes it easier.
In Momma's Chuckle, author Cheryl L. Emery shares the special memories made as she helped care for her mother who was suffering from Alzheimer's. Throughout the journey, Emery journaled the happy, silly, and amusing things her mother said. For Emery, it helped to tame the disease that was taking her mother from her.
What began as a series of Facebook posts has emerged into this tribute to Emery's mother and her witty humor and insight. Emery shares their story to support others who travel on this difficult, but rewarding, journey.
About the Author
Cheryl was one of numerous caregivers honored to care for her Momma, Mary Haudenshild Jacobs Kirkwood. She lives in Owings, Md. She loves writing, photography, risk-taking adventures and her family. The prior 5 years have been difficult. Losing her Pop 4/14/12; her sister, Sandy 8/31/14; her young niece, Jaimee 3/5/16 and her beautiful Momma, Mary 7/9/16. She wrote this book to help with the needed healing of a Family. She hopes that other caregivers will benefit from "Momma Chuckles", as they love and care for those that need them. It's a rough journey, but she wouldn't have had it any other way. She would travel it again, tomorrow, with her Momma.
This is Cheryl's first book at the age of 66.
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