{"product_id":"9781479707652","title":"OUR LONG GOODBYE","description":"It is with great love, respect and affection,along with a beautiful life that I write these words.   These heart-felt experiences that prompted me to chronicle the ordeal is what I want to share with the reader.   This book is but a very small window of my soul; so much more in the depths of my heart will not and cannot   be shared with anyone.       I have attempted to be truthful and honest  in expressing what to me was and is important to know when caring    for a spouse with a fatal illness. Of all maladies, the loss of one's mental faculties is the saddest of all. With   Alzheimers, despite opinions ,we really are not sure how much one can comprehend. This is a reminder to all    caregivers medical and family to always speak to the patient directly.  On so many occasions  they would discuss    his condition (not always positive) as if he wasn't there. I  too, may have been guilty of doing the same thing.   It is beyond the scope of human understanding how a  respectable  useful person can be reduced to such a level.     Still, I felt many times that he was somehow helping me with decisions and I still feel he is with me urging me on;   yet without verbalization.Through faith in him and in  God, we somehow managed.     Our journey was unique for us and yours will be also. Yet underneath it all there is a common thread ; that   component  in humans  is what unites us, that makes us feel another's pain.     As I write these words, I feel  that his message to me is \" go ahead, live your life as God indended\"    To the reader: Take courage The  sun will rise tomorrow","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174119063792,"sku":"9781479707652","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781479707652_p0.jpg?v=1763616963","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781479707652","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}