The Final Chapter: Dementia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798243029421)

She was a cooking woman. To have a meal by my mom today... my belly and heart just got warm."

For Alonda, the smell of hot grits, bacon, and homemade biscuits wasn't just breakfast-it was the soul of her childhood in Hartford Park. Her mother, Mrs. Ruby, was the matriarch of the kitchen and the neighborhood, a woman of fierce independence and a heart as big as her "serious meals."

But when the "Chef of Soul Food" began to lose her recipes to the fog of dementia, the family faced a new, heartbreaking reality. From a terrifying Silver Alert in the freezing rain to the tender, difficult moments of a daughter becoming a mother to her own parent, My Ruby: A Gem in the Mist is a raw and honest journey through the stages of memory loss.