sometimes nothing works: august 4, 2016
“Your mom’s in the sunroom,” a caregiver told me when I arrived on the second-floor.…
Browsing: Alzheimers
ow ow ow & mom’s dying of thirst: august 3, 2016
“Hello Punkie,” Mom greeted me using my nickname before I had chance to say hello.…
can you eat a cookie with your left hand? august 1, 2016
For some reason I don’t remember now, I was unable to visit Mom on the…
detective work: july 30, 2016
When I still hadn’t heard anything about Mom’s condition by mid-afternoon on Saturday, almost forty-eight…
no news is good news: july 29, 2016
On Friday, July 29, I woke up thinking something hadn’t been right about Mom’s demeanor…
a turn for the worse: july 28, 2016
Mom was lying in bed under the covers when I got there on July 28.…
jillian jiggs and a mind of her own: july 27, 2016
Mom had an irrepressible spirit coupled with an extraordinarily strong will to live. When I…
the beginning of the end: july 26, 2016
On July 26, 2016, at about 14:30, just before I was about to go to…
“good pleasure” #lastmonthwithmymom 16/07/16
July 17, 2018: One month from today, August 17, 2018, will be the second anniversary…
the current system is disgraceful
I accompanied my LinkedIn post of “please remain seated for the rest of your life”…