Coffee with Mom: Caring for a Parent with Dementia
Sometimes, life takes you places you don’t want to go. 
 
Dementia and Alzheimer’s is a journey no one wants to take, yet  life doesn’t give us a choice. Author Mike Glenn's mom didn’t want to be sick, and while she couldn’t overcome the devastation of disease, she wasn’t going down without a fight.
 
She fought the illness, denying its presence. She fought the doctors, “Who were these idiots anyway?” And she fought him, “How come you think you’re in charge now?”
 
Coffee with Mom is a book about a mom's fight with dementia and the struggle of a son who wanted to help but didn’t always know how. Most of their conversations—and sometimes battles—happened during morning coffee.
 
This book isn’t about knowing all of the answers. It is one son’s journey with his mom—a mom with Alzheimer’s and a son who did the best he could, and who wrote this story in hopes that you’ll find a few laughs for your journey, realize you’re not alone, and find the courage to do the best you can.
 
So, pour yourself a cup of coffee, and join us on the journey. You’ll find yourself in the laughter and tears of not knowing what to do next and making a decision that you hope works out, knowing it’s the best you can do in the moment.
 
In the end, that’s all that matters. “Do the best you can” is all love requires.
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Coffee with Mom: Caring for a Parent with Dementia
Sometimes, life takes you places you don’t want to go. 
 
Dementia and Alzheimer’s is a journey no one wants to take, yet  life doesn’t give us a choice. Author Mike Glenn's mom didn’t want to be sick, and while she couldn’t overcome the devastation of disease, she wasn’t going down without a fight.
 
She fought the illness, denying its presence. She fought the doctors, “Who were these idiots anyway?” And she fought him, “How come you think you’re in charge now?”
 
Coffee with Mom is a book about a mom's fight with dementia and the struggle of a son who wanted to help but didn’t always know how. Most of their conversations—and sometimes battles—happened during morning coffee.
 
This book isn’t about knowing all of the answers. It is one son’s journey with his mom—a mom with Alzheimer’s and a son who did the best he could, and who wrote this story in hopes that you’ll find a few laughs for your journey, realize you’re not alone, and find the courage to do the best you can.
 
So, pour yourself a cup of coffee, and join us on the journey. You’ll find yourself in the laughter and tears of not knowing what to do next and making a decision that you hope works out, knowing it’s the best you can do in the moment.
 
In the end, that’s all that matters. “Do the best you can” is all love requires.
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Coffee with Mom: Caring for a Parent with Dementia

Coffee with Mom: Caring for a Parent with Dementia

by Mike Glenn
Coffee with Mom: Caring for a Parent with Dementia

Coffee with Mom: Caring for a Parent with Dementia

by Mike Glenn

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Overview

Sometimes, life takes you places you don’t want to go. 
 
Dementia and Alzheimer’s is a journey no one wants to take, yet  life doesn’t give us a choice. Author Mike Glenn's mom didn’t want to be sick, and while she couldn’t overcome the devastation of disease, she wasn’t going down without a fight.
 
She fought the illness, denying its presence. She fought the doctors, “Who were these idiots anyway?” And she fought him, “How come you think you’re in charge now?”
 
Coffee with Mom is a book about a mom's fight with dementia and the struggle of a son who wanted to help but didn’t always know how. Most of their conversations—and sometimes battles—happened during morning coffee.
 
This book isn’t about knowing all of the answers. It is one son’s journey with his mom—a mom with Alzheimer’s and a son who did the best he could, and who wrote this story in hopes that you’ll find a few laughs for your journey, realize you’re not alone, and find the courage to do the best you can.
 
So, pour yourself a cup of coffee, and join us on the journey. You’ll find yourself in the laughter and tears of not knowing what to do next and making a decision that you hope works out, knowing it’s the best you can do in the moment.
 
In the end, that’s all that matters. “Do the best you can” is all love requires.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781535949019
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Publication date: 06/01/2019
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.30(d)
Age Range: 3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Mike Glenn is the Senior Pastor of Brentwood Baptist Church in Brentwood, Tennessee. Under his leadership since 1991, the church has grown to a church with eight campuses and a membership of over 11,000. He graduated from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Glenn  has written two books, In Real Time and The Gospel of Yes, and writes frequently on his blog, MikeGlennOnline.com, and for Patheos.com. He is married to Jeannie, his wife and best friend of 37 years. They have twin sons, Chris (Deb) and Craig (Nan), and three granddaughters, Mackenzie, Rowen, and Brooklynn. 

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Put On Your Oxygen Mask 5

Chapter 2 Meet My Mom 15

Chapter 3 Don't Mess with John 21

Chapter 4 Something's Wrong with Mom 32

Chapter 5 Taking the Car Keys 46

Chapter 6 Trusting Me to Do the Best I Can 57

Chapter 7 Finding a Place for Mom 63

Chapter 8 The Confrontation 74

Chapter 9 I Don't Want to Remember 85

Chapter 10 This Is All Your Fault 91

Chapter 11 What Kind of Son Am I? 100

Chapter 12 When My Mom Cussed Me Out 110

Chapter 13 Mom Prays When She Plays 120

Chapter 14 I Can't Be Dad 129

Chapter 15 You Have No Right 139

Chapter 16 Take Me Home 148

Chapter 17 The Only Man Who'll Need Two Votes to Get into Heaven 155

Chapter 18 Until I Can't Say Goodbye Anymore 166

Chapter 19 Things No One Will Tell You (But You Need to Hear Anyway) 175

Chapter 20 Loving Your Parents When You Really Don't Like Them 184

Chapter 21 The Best of "Coffee with Mom" Tweets 193

Acknowledgments 197

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