My Angel Slept With Me

For better, for worse, in sickness and in health, this is my parents’ love story. Mom and Dad are both intensely private people. While their love and service for Christ is out there for everyone to see, their marriage and love story were theirs alone. When Mom became ill with what would later be diagnosed as Parkinson’s Disease with Lewy Body Dementia, we as a family, “circled the wagons” to protect her privacy, her dignity, and her sense of self. As her condition worsened, we only drew the circle tighter.  While it was exactly what Mom needed, it left Dad to deal with the ever-increasing decisions regarding Mom’s care with little help. Dad had no medical background. We knew of no one in either branch of our family that had suffered from this horrific disease. To say that the situation was overwhelming is a gross understatement.