This book covers the last years of the life of my mother who was diagnosed with dementia, and describes the roller coaster ride that I have gone through during her process, together with my family. As the dementia process progressed, I felt the need to regroup myself. Hence, I wrote what I learned from being in contact with various agencies that led my caring for my mother in the right direction. I started this book by giving an account of how we had to juggle things in order to ensure that our mother, our family, and our work would get sufficient time. Marian van der Goes (Alkmaar, 1958) lives with her husband and two sons in Zoetermeer. She has been a nurse for several years, and a Delft supervisor since 2002 on a ward for demented people in a residential care center in Zoetermeer. Goodbye Mom, Goodbye Darling is her debut.