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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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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
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
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Tagged alzheimer's, children, communication, memory, mothers, parents
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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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Birthday Card
“I have the best mother in the whole world,” read my mom. She was reading the card I had given her for her birthday. She didn’t know it was her birthday — not the first time I told her, or the … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's
Tagged alzheimer's, Birthdays, children, confusion, dementia, family, feelings, Mom
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A Child
When I arrive for my weekly visit at the Hebrew Home, I can almost sneak up on my mom in the dining room because her gaze is transfixed on a baby. She is leaning over to caress the child, who is … Continue reading
“What’s My Name?”
“This is my daughter,” my mom says to everyone we meet, as we walk the halls of the Hebrew Home. “Why am I so short and she’s so tall? She should be the mother,” she says, pointing to me, and … Continue reading
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Tagged alzheimer's, children, dementia, family, forget, memory, names
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Time
“I want to keep you forever,” my mom says, holding my hand and lifting it to her heart. We’re walking the corridors of the Hebrew Home, having just visited the bird cage, on our way to see the fish tank. … Continue reading
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