10 more poems i didn’t want to write
I have a love/hate relationship with writing. The bit I love best is being finished.…
Browsing: Death & Dying
12 UTI symptoms experienced by the elderly and what they’re like in real life
Flashback April 7, 2014: Mom has a UTI, but I don’t know it. She never…
let me weep
No one escapes grief and suffering. But a good number of dementia care partners seem…
i think mom may be dying
April 23, 2014: I think Mom may be dying. She lies in bed, her eyes…
don’t mourn me long
One of the biggest tragedies of Alzheimer is not the disease itself. It’s that people look…
she knew she would be an angel soon
Mom died on August 17, 2016, five months ago tomorrow. This flashback, in which she tells…
missing you
missing you Dedicated to everyone who has ever lost someone. missing you ©2016 punkie…
remembering a bird in the hand
This pic popped up in my Facebook feed this afternoon under “memories.” Sharon Call, one…
happy birthday mom, i hope you’re living it up
September 27, 2016 Dear Mom, Today marks the eighty-eighth anniversary of the day you were…
don’t rest in peace or sleep deceased
With death comes grief and letting go, but the loss is in us. The person…
