Pour your grace, O loving God,
upon all suffering with dementia.
It is frustrating
not to find a word;
it is fearful
to lose one’s memories.
Bless them with patience,
a loving and supporting family,
and days of hope and accomplishment.
In Christ’s name we pray.
Amen.
source: Adapted from “Prayers of Our Hearts” © 1991 Vienna Cobb Anderson. Reprinted with permission of the author.