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Do Not Be Anxious For Anything

By Fleur Alys Dobbins 1 year ago 4

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.

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The Valley of the Showdown of Comeuppance: Part Deux

By Fleurydobbs 1 year ago

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 […]

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The Valley of the Showdown of Comeuppance

By Fleurydobbs 1 year ago 1

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… […]

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For the Love of God, Please Return Your Teeth to Your Mouth

By Fleurydobbs 2 years ago

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 […]

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When You Must Go Where You do not Want to Go

By Fleurydobbs 2 years ago 2

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. […]

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It’s Been Lovely But I Have to Scream Now

By Fleurydobbs 2 years ago

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 […]

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Down the Rabbit Hole We Go

By Fleurydobbs 2 years ago 2

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 […]

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When the Thing You Ran from Becomes Your Refuge

By Fleurydobbs 3 years ago 2

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 […]

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You Really Only Need Three Words

By Fleurydobbs 3 years ago

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 […]

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Loving in the Moment – When the Children Become the Parents (Alzheimer’s Part 4 of 4)

By Fleurydobbs 3 years ago 2

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 […]

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