Life as a caregiver to a person with Alzheimer’s is tough. Seeing a family member or friend with Alzheimer’s is tough. It’s a journey you can never prepare yourself for and one where things are always changing. It has become my life! I did not ask for this illness to take over my mother, I did not ask to be a caregiver!…at least now! These are supposed to be my years, but God had a different plan for me, one that I’m still trying to figure out. One that I really want to understand, but I have to trust God on this – as it says in Proverbs 3:5; “Lean not on your own understanding, but TRUST in the Lord with all thine heart and in all thy ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight.”
I wrote all of the above to say how sickened I was to learn that religious broadcaster Pat Robertson feels divorcing a spouse who has Alzheimer’s is justifiable. He says it’s a kind of death. Yes Pat, but it is “NOT” death! It’s a hard journey, no doubt about that, but if you love someone, sometimes you have to do the “hard” thing! Here’s the story:
CONFESSIONS OF A MASTER CAREGIVER 