Nurturing Love through the Silence

by John DiCicco

Overview

Though more and more families are facing a loved one's diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, the process of coping with this changing lifestyle is no easier. In a real-life exploration of what it means to love someone unconditionally, John DiCicco writes about caring for his father in the last few years of his life.

At times John, like many others, feared the disease and the ways it changed his life and his father's. Through this journey of nurturing and loving, John came to see that he could accept and embrace human frailty in a way that glorifies the soul.

In Nurturing Love through the Silence, friends and family of those with Alzheimer's can see the clear path of spiritual growth in this season of life, and through the silence, they can all be comforted.

Alzheimer's robs people of their memories, their ability to communicate with loved ones and friends, and their ability to recognize their own image; it takes away our very soul. It is the cruelest of all diseases. John has experienced what you are going through; all the guilt, frustration, anger and hopelessness which makes this book an invaluable guide for you to follow. This book is about hope!

-Kenneth E. Strong, Jr.

CEO, Alzheimer's Association of Central Ohio, Upper Arlington, Ohio

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781613469743
Publisher:	Tate Publishing & Enterprises, L.L.C.
Publication date:	03/13/2012
Pages:	108
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction 13

Letting Go of the Human Connection 17

Knowing Dad through the Human Connection 23

Seeing Beyond the Human Connection 29

Understanding the Human Connection 37

Understanding the Spiritual Connection 53

Remembering with the Human Connection 61

Validating with the Spiritual Connection 71

Communicating in Silence 81

Living through the Eyes of the Soul 89

Unconditional Love of the Soul 93

Unconditional Love of the Eternal Soul through the Alzheimer's Experience 97

Unconditional Love of the Eternal Creator through the Soul 101

Afterword 103