The Roller Coaster Ride of Alzheimer’S/Dementia

By Pavah Kucharek

Box of Chocolates

Mother’s Day was very unusual this year. When I arrived, I greeted my mother with, “Happy Mother’s Day, Mom!” and she said, “Thank you.” I gave her some gifts and a card, and she was very happy and appreciative.

After a few minutes, she looked at me and asked, “Who are you?” When I told her I was her daughter, she said, “I didn’t know I had any children.” I told her she had two girls and one boy. She asked where the other two were, and I told her they were always around her somewhere. She then asked, “What is your name?”

I said, “My name is Pavah.”

She then looked at me very strangely and asked, “Who in the world would give a child a name like that?” Just like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get!

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Oct 31, 2018
• ISBN: 9781973643098

Pavah Kucharek

Pavah Kucharek enjoys living with her husband in their Central Florida home. She has three children and six grandchildren. She loves to travel and go on cruises with family and friends. She is also an avid reader. Pavah also volunteers at an Alzheimer’s support group and is certified to lead group meetings. Her goal is to inform and help other families going through the emotional and mental struggle of this horrible disease.

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ISBN: 978-1-9736-4308-1 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-9736-4309-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2018912427

WestBow Press rev. date: 10/26/2018

CONTENTS

Mother, Where Are You?

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

About The Author

For Mom

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MOTHER,

WHERE ARE YOU?

Mother, where are you?

Where did you go?

You left me so slowly,

But still here to show.

Mother, where are you?

I look for you everywhere.

I yearn for your eyes to look at me

Instead of a dead-straight stare.

Mother, where are you?

As I hold you, I want a hug

But know you stiffen from fear

Of this stranger’s touch or tug.

Mother, where are you?

Do you dream of days gone by?

Am I your child again in dreams?

Or has this evil robbed them dry?

Mother, where are you?

I miss you so!

To have you right in front of my eyes,

But then,