Category Archives: Holidays

Ramblings of a Damned Daughter. Love. Family.

I’m just gonna say it. I am not digging Christmas this year. At all. 2009 has been, all in all, a challenging year for me and I just don’t feeling like toasting the holidays. OK, maybe I’m focusing more on … Continue reading

3 Comments

Filed under Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia, Coping, Death, Holidays

She Forgot Christmas

The title of this entry pretty much sums it up: My mom has no idea that Christmas is just a little more than a week away. I suppose I shouldn’t be that surprised, but I am. Christmas was never a … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia, Family & Friends, Holidays, My Voice

Art by Men and Women Living with Alz

Hanging in my kitchen, I have a plastic butterfly that my mom painted at her adult day care center. I keep this little masterpiece around not just because it reminds me of my  mom, but it’s actually very well done, … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia, Holidays, Their Stories