{"product_id":"meditation-times-with-elma-navigating-the-troubles-seas-of-dementia-a-love-story-paperback","title":"Meditation Times with Elma: Navigating the Troubles Seas of Dementia: a Love Story - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKeith Hueftle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAN ODYSSEY THROUGH THE TROUBLED SEAS OF DEMENTIA\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- A LOVE STORY\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt had gone to episodes of sudden confusion and rage, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003etriggered by nothing I could ever identify. Then paranoia, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003epeople \"upstairs in our home\" to be taken care of somehow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI told her: \"We're in a new season. We've never been old\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ebefore. We've got to learn to trust God in this time too.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe discharging nurse's last greeting was: \"It'll get worse . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Keith\", she said: \"Don't be afraid. It's going to be all right.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe was unbelievable-reassuring me.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy then she had lost almost all of her abilities-even to hold a\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efork or to scratch her own nose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe initiated her own blink signals: one for \"yes\", two for\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"kisses\", three for \"I love you\". Dance?-o yes, we still danced.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJitter-bug moves-seated. If you were watching, probably\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003epretty comic. .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt's this period, three years of the Last Season, that began to\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ehold a sweetness for us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeith Hueftle is a former pastor (Scotland, and inner city Detroit) and Christian conference director (southern Indiana). While training in Edinburgh, Scotland, with the Iona Community, he met Elma. Together, they came to inner city Detroit and an interracial ministry. As white churches folded, Keith started teaching in inner city schools in order for them to stay in the inner city.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis call to head the Barn Abbey, a conference center in southern Indiana, opened up teaching, lecturing, and writing opportunities. Elma's organizational and intellectual gifts were likewise being recognized; and she began to be called on as speaking-coach and as mentor\/teacher with mothers of pre-schoolers (MOPS).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 122\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47411487637682,"sku":"9781664232389","price":18.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/bc717bf3d38fe30508a5563321487903.webp?v=1778301442","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/meditation-times-with-elma-navigating-the-troubles-seas-of-dementia-a-love-story-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}