Category Archives: Holidays

Mother’s Day & Dementia… My Own Op-Ed (please share, please spread the word)

Mother’s Day is an awkward holiday. I say awkward because while I understand why we make such a fuss about this day, I can’t help but find it to be somewhat, well, insensitive — to put it bluntly, Mother’s Day … Continue reading

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Day One… 2012

She knows me……………… Hanging with mom in bed……… Like we used to do………….it’s 2012…. Another day. Another moment lost. I call it Walking Grief…………

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Daddy-Daughter Dance at the Shooting Range…

My dad used to call me his “princess” or “buckaroo.” Not anymore. My dad was always my favorite parent. He wasn’t exactly the disciplinarian, unless I did something really bad like crash my car—5 times (only 3 accidents were technically … Continue reading

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