Living is a beautiful thing. We are surrounded by nature, greenery, chirping birds, animals, the sky, stars, the sun, and the moon, and most of all, by people. All these […]
Author: Anne
All Alone
‘Hello, I hope you do not mind me calling you, but I have dementia’. That struck me hard and I stopped all that I was doing and waited for the […]
Dementia – wow!
Article written by Anne Cuschieri and featured in The Malta Independant on Sunday of 24 March 2024 I am sitting in Church. It is dark except for a bright light […]
Rejected
The tears roll down as you look outside the window that leads to the garden. Outside, an elderly man walks alongside his wife as does a young woman with her […]
The War within and without
I stopped to think, I read the words again and I wondered. Is this real? Is this where we are in the world at this point in time? War is […]
I’m lost in myself
Inside every dementia, there is a person. I will always remember the look of sadness on your face when you may have wished to say something, or to move or […]
Life in a Care Home
We took you to a Care Home around 18 years ago and you spent quite a few years there. (Mum passed away in 2012). It was very strange to us […]
We sent you to a CareHome
This episode is one of the hardest moments a family may have to face. I wasn’t going to talk about it now because I am still tackling the earlier parts […]
Happy New Year – and happy 20th anniversary to MDS
It’s a beautiful sunny day, calm and peaceful and we hope that this will reflect the rest of our year! Join us for a thanksgiving Mass on Saturday at 6.30pm […]
Is True Love a Cliché?
Mum and Dad ‘True Love’ – is it really a cliché? Look at the photo above. Look closely at the eyes and the smiles and you will see inside their […]