My husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 1998. The disease has progressed. I am now his full-time caregiver. We’ve been married for over 27 years now and I continue to learn from his quiet wisdom, despite the decline in memory and other cognitive skills. Long, long before we met, I was on a journey “to find myself.” That search started at a very young age. I traveled hither and yon across the United States in search of the “real me.” When we found each other I just knew that I’d found at least a part of what I was searching for.

Over these 27 years he’s taught me so much and I’ve learned volumes. One important thing that I’ve learned is that “marriage of the heart allows each of us to remain individuals, but yet, that we are one.” Along the way I did “find true self” but the search is not over because there’s more to me that meets the eye, that I can see or that others see. It resides within me, past the ego. One of the most important truths that I’ve discovered is that I am Soul, a co-worker with God and that I continue to learn. I’m learning that being a co-worker with God—the universe, that I must work quietly and efficiently and humbly.

My journey is teaching me every day to share more, to give more, to receive more and to just be. In my search, I’m learning to allow myself to grow through challenges and obstacles and changes thereby grow holy and wholly; to love and to allow others to be, and to love however they capable at any given time. I know the Light and the Sound of God is the food for Soul, for me. I know too that I cannot live truly live without these two aspects of God.

Blessings,

Brenda

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