Mind and matter

I have a husband with advanced dementia that I am looking after at home. This disease is called the Long Goodbye for a very good reason. I used to think at the beginning that people were just weak when they said it was too difficult to cope but have I learned my lesson. The toll it takes on the care giver is profound both physically, mentally and spiritually. You lose contact with friends. You become housebound. You deal with a sense of failure and depression. You may go for weeks thinking it is much better, you are coping much better and then it hits and the little house of cards falls down.