Reading Time: 10 minutes I’m blind as a bat. If I’m ever, God forbid, in this position, for the love of God put my glasses on before you ask me if I know who you are.
Alzheimer’s
The Valley of the Showdown of Comeuppance: Part Deux
Reading Time: 5 minutes Is it still Tuesday? I’ve experienced long days but these are long in the way you sorely wish they were not. Loooong. Unrestful in […]
The Valley of the Showdown of Comeuppance
Reading Time: 8 minutes I have undeniably avoided writing this part of the story with seeming inability to put fingers to keyboard. I write amidst not wanting to write… […]
For the Love of God, Please Return Your Teeth to Your Mouth
Reading Time: 9 minutes The plan was to visit at Christmas time. That had been the plan since I’d left Mom from the summer visit. The visit where everything […]
When You Must Go Where You do not Want to Go
Reading Time: 3 minutes Here I go. A sort of unexpected trip home. I was planning for Christmas. God was planning for now. I was currently on a trip. […]
It’s Been Lovely But I Have to Scream Now
Reading Time: 7 minutes I grew up in a household with all the “feels” in tact and firing rapidly. A lot of ups and downs. Draaaammmmaa dahlink. This was […]
Down the Rabbit Hole We Go
Reading Time: 3 minutes Taken from Washington Post I had never meant for this blog to be about my mother. But we go where the muse leads us so […]
When the Thing You Ran from Becomes Your Refuge
Reading Time: 5 minutes For the last week it seems Mom has been doing pretty well. And that makes me so happy. It almost makes me not worry. Not […]
You Really Only Need Three Words
Reading Time: 3 minutes You’ve by now heard a lot about Mom. The most recent update is that she is slowing down. Stuttering. Slurring words. And it’s noticeable. I […]
Loving in the Moment – When the Children Become the Parents (Alzheimer’s Part 4 of 4)
Reading Time: 5 minutes Annie and I at Mass the morning after our Aunt passed away. We would be telling Mom today. We decided to brave the selfie after […]