mom knew hundreds of songs, but down in the valley was her go to
I had never heard Mom sing Down in the Valley. Ever. Until a couple of…
Browsing: voice
the shame belongs to someone else
A friend took the picture above of Mom and I on August 16, 2009, a…
everyone should be helped to let the sun shine in
Mom was taken from her home on November 16, 2012, (the day our best wasn’t…
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. The…
the demented system
It’s not people who live with dementia who are demented. Rather, it’s the system.…
let me weep
No one escapes grief and suffering. But a good number of dementia care partners seem…
always mother and child
This piece is inspired by an anonymous poem someone shared on Facebook and to which…
the telling of pookie: a story of love, magic and possibility
I didn’t know that Mother’s Day 2016 would be the last one Mom and I…
down in the valley: one of our gazillion favourites
When I watch the videos and listen to the audio recordings I captured with Mom,…
the forgetful still want to be valued
In March 2017, I gave my first four live BANGS(TM) mini-workshops. BANGS(TM) is the model that…