Category Archives: Holidays
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…………
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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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…………
Filed under Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia, Coping, Frontotemporal Dementia (Pick's), Holidays, Love, My Mom
Tagged as Alzheimer's
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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My Demented Mom by Kathy Ritchie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.