When Beverly’s husband, Ulf, was diagnosed with dementia, then sleep apnea, they were faced with a challenging future. Though first feeling helpless dealing with a loved one in crisis, through creativity and many tears Beverly shifted her perception of their changing lives from fear to love, thereby finding a measure of quietness and peace woven into a time of great sadness and loss. In Our Timeless Year Beverly expresses the love, often mingled with joy and laughter, that define the challenge of sharing this remarkable experience with Ulf. Join Ulf and Bev in their journey of living in “the present moment.”
A Luminous Read Our Timeless Year us a luminous read. Its stream of consciousness writing style touches the very heart and soul of the reader, as one follows the journey of Ulf and Beverly. I laughed and cried my way through their story. The book is luminous because their story reflects light out of darkness and radiates deep love.
A journey of the heart on every page This book contains such important guidelines about how to be a skillful and loving companion to someone with Dementia. But much more than that, there is a lesson on nearly every page about how to embrace and find light and love in a place that most view negatively and label as “disease”, “decline” and “loss”.Instead of mourning the disappearance of what was familiar about her beloved husband, Beverly chose to let Ulf’s new state of mind stretch boundaries and their relationship. Using Dementia as the compass on their last odyssey, Ulf and Beverly remained friends, teachers and students to each other to the end.This allowed their long-standing and rich marriage to flourish in a state of ever-expanding grace (STATE of GRACE = the state of one who is under divine influence – Dictionary.com). Their story is one of unconditional love and respect.