alone: a heartbreaking poem by 89-year-old lilly who lives with dementia
September 8, 2019: “Do you want me to read you the really sad poem I…
Browsing: Poetry
euthanasia
June 26, 2019: I wrote this a month or two before I had to put…
eternal anguish
At some point in most dementia care partners’ experience they will find themselves on this…
a daughter’s rendering and remembering
November 16, 2018: I doubt I will ever get over the deep grief I feel each…
ascendants: awakening to where and whom we came from
Some days I miss my home and my mom more than others. I think about…
music from a tapestry of shared moments in long-term care
This piece of poetic prose called “Music” is from a collection entitled “A Tapestry of…
safety pins & call bells
June 23, 2018: I discover one of my mother’s nightgowns buried in a plastic bag…
hail mary i need to pee
In March 2017, I wrote an open letter to Québec’s Minister of Health regarding the…
i’ll be glad when christmas is over
Christmas isn’t all it’s cracked up to be for many people who, for whatever reason,…
what if santa claus were diagnosed with dementia?
Unbeknownst to most of the world, Santa was diagnosed some time ago with Alzheimer’s disease.…