Carlisle, 1980 My dad is making sketty for our tea. And I am helping, because I’m seven years old and nothing goes on in this house that I don’t have my nose in.
gracedent Deeply moving.
Beautiful, sad, and scary article.
Beautifully written and tender xx
gracedent Very powerful piece of writing.
gracedent oh my goodness Grace this is incredibly honest and fresh, the emotion searing through. sending you and your family the biggest cuddle and love. Xxx
So, so many chords struck and tears shed. Beautiful writing gracedent 🧡
Beautifully written. Really resonated. Thank you. gracedent
So many similarities to my parents...dementia is so so cruel 💔 ny dads song to me was 'you are my sunshine' if I hear it now even 3 years later after his death, I crumble.... 😥.
gracedent This one hit close to home. Wretched disease. Beautifully written.
Surely the best writer in the UK at the moment?
gracedent .gracedent thank you for these insightful words. We're on the same journey with Dad. It's heartbreaking and made even harder with no visits. Not enough light shed on dementia families at this time. 💜
gracedent I’ve just finished reading this, Grace. I don’t know why I’m telling you, or what I want to say to you, or why you’d want to hear it... My entire chest aches from your words. Please know that someone you’ve never met is sending you love and light from Somerset xx✨xx
gracedent So moving. Well done, Grace, beautifully written, honest to the bone x
gracedent Beautiful writing. Am in tears
gracedent I’ve never read a newspaper article which reduced me to tears... until this one. 💔
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gracedent Just a beautiful article. So very true.
gracedent Absolutely just bawled my eyes out at this. I’m actually DJing right now and thought I’ll just click on this & read a little bit then read rest later. Couldn’t take my eyes off the screen. & now I’m glad of my mask as it’s hiding a little bit of my sad face. “Hungry” ordered!
Xx
So poignant,painfully beautiful.
gracedent Can’t wait to get this ( about to order ) this extract is really amazing , your writing is sublime , but I stopped reading it when your dad was shouting in American and then German to the Finnish students because I want to savour every last bit when I get the book !! Xx
gracedent I thought this a beautiful, humane piece of writing, left me genuinely moved.
gracedent It was great to find out you are from Carlisle. My Mum in law (my beloved Mam) has vascular dementia and the story of your Dad really resonated with me xxx
gracedent Both myself, my husband and my family are all from Carlisle. I'm from Old Harraby and my husband from Durdar Road. I have always called spaghetti, sketty, and Border Look around was always Border Crack and Deek About.
gracedent gracedent I feel like I've been there with you. I have been there with my Dad. It's heartbreaking 💔
Oh, I loved this writing. It took me from laughing out loud to crying in seconds.
gracedent This went to my core - such good writing x
gracedent What a wonderful read; so honest, so happy, so sad. No doubt Grace's honesty strikes a chord at many different emotional levels with people of all ages and with different tough times. It's positive despite the difficulties. Thanks GD!
gracedent ❤️
gracedent Thank you. gracedent this had me in pieces and perfectly describes how desperately sad this disease is and it’s taken a little piece of my heart too. I remember all those-feelings exactly as you describe and imagine how scared he must have felt at times. Very moving xx
gracedent Just read this and you are so 👌😢 Always has the exact same thoughts when my dad sometimes realised he was getting confused. 💔Still breaks me, and he died over 10 years ago. Lots of love. X
gracedent Very moving, Grace. I am going through something similar and it really chimed with me. Looking forward to reading the book. x
gracedent This resonated so much. A heartbreaking and beautiful piece of writing.
Such humanity. Very eloquent & poignant...
gracedent gorgeous writing about love, loss ,double lives. All of it. Brava X
gracedent Kudos gracedent for the most emotive piece I have read in some time. Wiping my eyes quickly before my little girl asks me why. Looking forward to your book.
gracedent Beautiful and brilliant writing from a beautiful and brilliant daughter
gracedent Brilliant piece. Resonates for me and probably so many people
gracedent Brought tears to my eyes.
gracedent Fabulous article. Laughed and cried. Captivated . Thanks Grace
richardosman Im looking forward to reading the full book, though on the basis of this excerpt I will have to accept that it is incompatible with wearing make up, as it has now all dripped off my face in a flood of tears.
gracedent What a beautiful piece of writing, it made me cry. Your dad sounds like a lovely man. I sat with my dad as he was dying, he was the best dad, much loved. Even then me and my sister laughed at all the fun we had with him.
This made me cry - my dads got dementia and it is difficult to live with the feeling of guilt. Loved the article thanks Grace
gracedent That's beautiful, no more words.....
gracedent Thank you for your beautiful piece about your dad. It reminded me of my mum's experience with dementia and the vulnerability she wore like a cloak but also the tenderness of our relationship and the joy in making her laugh as we tried cooking her recipes together
gracedent You’ve not only told your story but many others’ story too. I moved home to Scotland in 2007 to look after my Dad who died in 2015 and had both vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s. My heart still hurts.
richardosman ❤️
gracedent A very emotional read, tears in my eyes for you and your family, and fear in my heart for what lies ahead as my parents head toward 'elderly' ♥️
gracedent What a wonderfully written and moving piece of writing, my father’s decline with dementia was very rapid but I’m still haunted by it.
gracedent Gosh, just finished your article and am in tears. Thank you for sharing.
gracedent This is so beautifully written and utterly heartbreaking xxx
gracedent ‘Liverpool genes are like a rogue pair of red knickers in the washing machine with your whites. They leave a trace.’ Brilliant
wow - superb and unflinching and moving and all of it
gracedent How beautifully written. Parents eh.
gracedent That’s so beautiful and so full of love 🥰 It also brought back so many difficult memories of Mum - but also the darkly funny times 🤣
richardosman Starting a similar journey with mum-in-law. She’s begun hiding stuff (inc bank card) as she thinks we’re after her belongings. Dad-in-law had heart attack so family taking it in turns to look after her while he’s in hospital - very hard work, and no doubt harder yet to come.
richardosman 😢
I'm not as good with words as gracedent but this piece is beautiful. As a daughter of a Dad who died of vascular dementia I thank you for your words.
Such beautiful writing Grace ♥️
richardosman Brilliantly written. Captures so much of how I feel about my dad and his dementia. People seem to think families just dump relatives in homes. They have no idea how many of us care for parents for years before it becomes impossible and how very deeply they are loved.
gracedent This was so moving, so intense, I really felt like I knew you and your family. So beautifully written, perfectly conveying the range of emotions you must all be going through. ❤️
gracedent That was lovely, hard to read at times, thanks Grace x
richardosman Beautifully written, and terribly poignant. My other half is now wondering why I'm sat with tears running down my face.
richardosman Beautifully written but heartbreaking ❤️
gracedent This is heartbreaking. I’m so sorry for everything you and your family have been though. And for so long. Your parents must have been so proud of you and your brother.
richardosman You nailed everything there, excellent piece. The part about your dad realising, half way through a sentence, that he wasn't making any sense and was maybe aware of his condition mirrors my mum's experience. Very sad.
gracedent ❤️
gracedent A very rough read, though undoubtedly infinitely more difficult to write and experience. Don’t have the words to express at all. {{virtual, stranger hug}}
richardosman This is so beautiful & so sad. I have to read the book.
gracedent Aw, this is so lovely (and it also explains why she sounds a bit Scouse, for a Carlisle person).
That was really moving Grace. A lot of people can identify with this story but yet each is so deeply personal. Nicely done.
richardosman Beautifully written but so heartbreaking 💔 losing a parent is bad enough but losing them slowly whilst they’re still breathing is just horrific. X
gracedent Wow beautifully written, made me cry to read it, god knows what it was like to live the last years of it. Thank you
gracedent Exceptional writing - Solidarity and love to you Grace xx
richardosman You should see the terror in my eyes when you appear on TV😫
gracedent That was immensely powerful Grace.
richardosman The power of words to move you to tears. I lost my dad to dementia in 2009 but he didn't die until 2013...I still remember Christmas Day 2011 & seeing the terror in his eyes when I spent the day with him as he had no idea who I was for the first time...I was heartbroken.
gracedent You've set me off. So raw, honest & heartfelt. I was a Daddy's girl too. My lovely Dad battled Parkinson's with Lewy Body dementia. To see him fading away was heartbreaking. He was such an intelligent man, always knew who I was until the end. Fruit & Nut was our favourite too.
richardosman When my grandpa had dementia he also wanted to get in the attic, specifically to help Lord Torphichen, who was stuck up there. Years later my parents were listening to a radio interview with Lady T where ‘Lord T unfortunately couldn’t take part’ & they totally lost it
Oh what a moving piece of writing. Echoes so much the experience everyone dealing with dementia feels. Beautiful.
richardosman ...always wondered why Grace has a proper scouse twang but came from elsewhere. Mystery solved!
richardosman Great piece of personal writing. Moving, funny and sad.
richardosman This is such a brilliant piece of writing, full of warmth and tenderness. Can't wait to read the book. Thanks gracedent ❤
gracedent Wow!! Beautiful memories. Will definitely be reading Hungry - thanks x
gracedent Such a beautiful, moving piece. Thank you.
gracedent I can’t describe how beautiful this writing is. It’s so real and full of love.
gracedent In tears reading this. Going thru this at the moment and your words resonate so much.
gracedent This is absolutely heartbreaking. I think it’s been raining on my face.
gracedent Wow, did not expect the huge lump in my throat and burning tears in my eyes. Bless you and your family gracedent sending a huge virtual hug xx
gracedent I can't wait to read this Grace. Ordering now!
gracedent This is heartbreaking but so beautiful.
gracedent This is brilliant gracedent you have captured what it’s like to care for a ( northern )parent with Alzheimer’s so well . My dad also had it and their vulnerability kills you.
gracedent Brilliant, fiercely moving piece, Grace x
gracedent Didn’t expect my Saturday to start with me being in floods of tears, but this is a really, really beautiful bit of writing.
gracedent This is beautiful writing Grace.
gracedent Got something in my eye reading this.
gracedent ❤️
gracedent *immediately orders copy of book*
gracedent 😢 Beautifully written
gracedent You just write so so well gracedent
What a wonderful, moving piece gracedent
Superb writing
gracedent Heartbreaking, utterly unsentimental and beautifully written - your family sound just brilliant. I will be stockpiling tissues before attempting the book.
Wonderful writing.
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