My Mother’s Keeper: A Daughter’s Emotional Journey Alongside Her Mother’s Dementia

By Marie Elizabeth Randall Chandler

The author shares an emotional journey in tear and fear, the agony of watching her mother suffer an oppressive delirium, attacking and ravaging any rationality, mental disturbances prevalent with those aged. Well into this downward spiral, a grim diagnosis of dementia with probable Alzheimer’s with agitation and ICD, impulse control disorder, was finally established.

Written from a daughter’s perspective entangled in the onslaught of the progressive collapse, thrown into a hellish world, her soul poured out, mother and daughter caught between the gates of Hell. For what comes is an affliction destroying those once stable, scholarly and accomplished, capable and competent, gifted and skilled.

Though knowing that in this fiery ordeal, the Lord’s hand is in it all. With persevering hope and a sure faith, she faces each harrowed step, relying on the strength of the Lord, seeing through to absolute hope, grounded in the promises of God, knowing healing and restoration will come, His mercy and grace given to those who tread this horrid place.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Mar 9, 2020
• ISBN: 9781532097317

Marie Elizabeth Randall Chandler

Marie resides in Texas with her husband and five cats. She is an avid runner and follows a strict organic whole foods only diet. She is an active member of the First Presbyterian Church and is devoted to learning, reading, and hearing God's Word.

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ISBN: 978-1-5320-9730-0 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5320-9732-4 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-5320-9731-7 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2020904548

iUniverse rev. date: 03/09/2020

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1   The Gates of Hell

Chapter 2   Hope in the Dark

Chapter 3   God Hears

My Mother’s Keeper

Closing

About the Author and Her Mother

For the Lord God, my mother’s Keeper,

because without Him we would be lost, for He is the One who keeps us all.

In His loving hand, forever kept in God’s great love.

A special thank you to my brother, Steven,