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Category Archives: Alzheimer’s
Healing
For so many reasons, I haven’t written this blog in a long time. For one thing, I’m writing a book about my mom and me, and when I have time to write, I write that. For another thing, as my … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's
Tagged alzheimer's, Boyfriend, children, communication, confusion, love, memory, Mom, mothers, parents, talking
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Nostalgia
On my way to the Hebrew Home, walking up Palisade Avenue from the Metro-North train station, rain puddles trickling down the hill, I thought, inextricably, “I’m really going to miss this.” I mean, I’m going to miss these days, more … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Uncategorized
Tagged alzheimer's, Boyfriend, death, family, Home, loss, love, memory, Men, mothers, time
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Happy Birthday, Mom
I haven’t written a blog post in a long time. I’ve been busy — studying, reading, planning lessons, grading papers, teaching, living my life. I still visit my mom every week, or almost every week. I still sit with her … Continue reading
Happy Mother’s Day
My mom pooped in her pants yesterday. It was pretty gross. Thank god for Harriet, one of the aides on her unit, who cleaned her up. Last week and the week before, my mom threw up. She was at the … Continue reading
New Horizons
Ever since I started my new teaching job in the fall, it’s been hard for me to take a whole Saturday or Sunday to visit my mom, so I steal time away when I can to sit with her for … Continue reading
Boxing Day
I walk down the hallway toward my mom, who is leaning against her walker with her friends surrounding her. They notice me and wave as I approach. She sees me, but she doesn’t wave, and when I come up alongside … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Uncategorized
Tagged children, communication, confusion, love, memory, Mom, mothers, parents, time
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Meaning
When I walk into the TV room where my mom sits with the other residents, they are all motionless in wheelchairs and arm chairs. While they’re facing the TV set, their eyes are wandering or down, or to the side, … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Uncategorized
Tagged alzheimer's, children, communication, memory, mothers, parents
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Mother’s Day
I didn’t visit my mom on Mother’s Day. I had something else to do, and I couldn’t be in two places at once. I figured I’d buy her a Mother’s Day card at Target that night and visit her the next … Continue reading
Carmen
Carmen* is sad. She’s been looking that way for weeks now, maybe even for months. She doesn’t smile when I get her attention like she used to. And she almost never looks up. Yesterday, I saw her daughter Bianca* as … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Uncategorized
Tagged children, death, feelings, love, memory, mothers, music
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Coloring
My mom was such a simple person — on the outside. She never lied. Or cheated. Or stole. Or smoke or drank, for that matter. She believed in God and prayed, and she loved her children. She was nice and … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Uncategorized
Tagged alzheimer's, children, feelings, love, memory, Mom, mothers, parents
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