Dementialand‪™‬ Suzka

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There is light at the end of this tunnel. Violet decided to stay at the Aged Oaks Nursing Home Pavilion once she heard the game “Wheel of Fortune” was a scheduled event in the home’s main dining room every Sunday night. Hallelujah.
Voices of Residents:  Albert Cristy, Yargo Duarte and his band (The Visitors)  and Charlie the dog
 
Written and produced by Suzka.
Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand™
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My thinking: Something happened to me during the time when I was living with my mother’s dementias that I can’t explain. Maybe it started when I dropped my daughterness and met this woman who use to be my mother. 
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Everyone thinks about this day. Where you’re going to be, how you’re going to react, and under what circumstances will that phone call be made. A parent has an accident and you’re forced to make decisions that change everything.
For myself, I remember clearly one night. I painted into the morning. I was deliriously happy and super creative. The call came at 6:27 am. My mother fell and I needed to get home.
This episode follows the physical trip as well as my head trip from my studio to the front door of my mother’s home.  
Written and produced by Suzka.
Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand
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I replayed that night a million times over in my head.  Did I miss something? How sick was my mother.  All I know is, she wasn’t quite the mother I remembered.  And between you and me... I think liked this one better.
Written and produced by Suzka.
Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand
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Botticelli's Birth of Venus is one of the most treasured artworks of the Renaissance.  It is a painting of a goddess named Venus. Venus emerges from the sea sitting on a shell.  Her shell is pushed to the shore from winds produced by the wind-gods in a shower of roses.  As Venus is about to step out of her shell and onto the shore, a Nymph reaches out to cover her with a cloak.  Suzka realizes her new role at this point might be a Nymph.
Written and produced by Suzka.
Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand
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Thank you for listening to this podcast ‘She Cannot Live Alone’. For me, it is the most important episode, the turning point in my story.  My life in Dementialand started in 2007 and after a decade, I still remember the weight of those 4 words – 'she cannot live alone'. It was devastating to hear. I was scared to death. But I must tell you, moving in with my mother to that place I called Dementialand was more amazing than horrifying. There is a certain amount of freedom that comes with memory loss.
I wrote a note on a paper napkin during that time, "I learned to see my mother with my eyes opened and not curtained by her motherhood or my ego. I let go of that daughter I thought I was suppose to be.  We met each other for the first time ....almost daily.”  To this day I try to carry a little bit of Dementialand with me. 
My name is Suzka. The writer and producer of the Dementialand Podcasts
Voice by Doctor: William McCray
Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand™
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