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)
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 […]
Yes, We Have No Bananas… Mom, Alzheimer’s & Miracles Emerging (Part 3)
Reading Time: 7 minutes So Mom can’t remember bananas, the cat’s dead, mom’s pissed, and the papers are signed. Caught up? Let’s go. The date had been set. I […]
Part 2: When the Children Become the Parents: Now it’s Your Turn to Say No to a Pet
Reading Time: 3 minutes The view of Mom’s new home from the front porch. Last week I began the story of Mom’s Alzheimer’s. You’ll want to catch up if […]
When the Children Become the Parents
Reading Time: 3 minutes A few years ago the family started to notice that my grandmother (here-to-for known as “Mother” or “Mom”) was forgetting… words. It was that “searching […]
The truth will out especially when you’re 9. Then you’ll write a musical about it!
Reading Time: 4 minutes The truth she’s at her best knowingThe truth she know you most of allAnd never will yieldThe truth she knows a fool and her goldThe […]