11/06/2026
🌺🌸🌹Mum’s Dementia Journey🌸🌷🌹
Some battles are loud. Others are silent, slow, and cruel.
My mum’s fight with dementia has been all three.
Watching the woman who raised me — the woman who taught me strength, humour, and grit — slowly lose pieces of herself has been the hardest chapter of my life.
Dementia doesn’t just steal memories. It steals moments, routines, confidence, and the ease of simply being.
🌸🌺But here’s what it can’t take:🌺🌸
Her warmth.
Her stubborn spark, her humour!
Her spirit, even when the words get tangled.
And the bond we’ve built through every hard day, every repeat conversation, every moment of confusion, and every tiny victory.
Caring for her has changed me. It’s stretched me, broken me, rebuilt me, and taught me what real resilience looks like.
This journey isn’t pretty, but it’s ours — and I’m proud of the woman I’m becoming because of it.
If you’re walking this path too, you’re not alone. We’re warriors in ways the world doesn’t always see.