7-part palliative care plan works (for people AND cats)
About a month after Mom died in August 2016, her little kitty cat Pia Roma,…
Browsing: grief
hail mary i need to pee
In March 2017, I wrote an open letter to Québec’s Minister of Health regarding the…
3 wise thoughts on being with someone you love as they die, which also apply to being with someone with dementia as they live
In the three short videos below palliative care physician Dr. Mike Harlos gives advice aimed…
i’m glad christmas is over
Christmas isn’t all it’s cracked up to be for many people who, for whatever reason,…
after i put them in prison, mom’s bff became mine
In November 2012, I put Mom and her best friend Pia Roma in separate prisons.…
if only they had listened to ciaran
Phyllis Cranfield was born in Ireland in 1931, and moved to England in late 1968;…
dementia caregivers: a poem
I didn’t want to leave my comfortable life in Dubai to come back to Canada…
when you’re put behind bars
In a strange moment of foreshadowing, I took this picture of Mom and I staring…
the day i gave away mom’s clothes
October 8, 2017: Mom’s faux fur coat has been hanging in an upstairs closet for five…
tears to my eyes
This is a poem about the sad state of world affairs, and about missing my…