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The dementia blues
My mother’s dementia has made me crazy, frustrated, furious, heartbroken, envious of other people who still have intact parents, and this week brings the sad. Crying in my Greek hotel room sad. My mother’s phone number is blocked because she … Continue reading
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Tagged coping, dementia, grief, loss, Midlife, mothers, reflections
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Decembers to remember
Did you think of a car commercial just now? A big bow on a Lexus possibly in the snowy driveway with exclamations by the receiver? Me too. But dang it does rhyme nicely. New experiences for this month – it … Continue reading
Posted in family, grief, Life musings, love, Midlife, the road, more and less traveled, Uncategorized
Tagged coping, family, finding meaning, gratitude, grief, holidays, loss, love, middle age, Midlife, reflections, relationships
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Dementia in 2023
It’s been about a year since I did an update on my mom. The long goodbye is awful. “A fucking cruel disease” as one of my brothers said recently. That sums it up well. For awhile we coasted on that … Continue reading
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Tagged adult children, coping, dementia, family, finding meaning, gratitude, grief, life choices, loss, love, middle age, Midlife, midlife change, mothers, reflections, relationships
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Day tripping with Mom
My mother turns 83, Saturday Dec 17th. Thursday before her birthday, I drove her to the Dallas area to visit with her only surviving sibling, her younger sister by a year. My aunt also has dementia as did their other … Continue reading
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Tagged adult children, caregiving, coping, daughters, dementia, family, finding meaning, gratitude, grief, loss, love, middle age, Midlife, mothers, worry
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Dog Days of Dementia
It is August and the dog days of summer are real. It’s been a bit since I wrote about my mom and as I had spent quite a bit of time with her of late it seems an update is … Continue reading
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Tagged adult children, caregiving, coping, daughters, dementia, family, finding meaning, gratitude, grief, kindness, life choices, loss, love, middle age, Midlife, midlife change, Motherhood, mothers, reflections
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Live so brilliantly…
…they see it all from the stars. Recently I was texting with a dear friend following a trip she had taken to spread ashes of her late wife in a place they both love. In our conversation lamenting about lost … Continue reading
Posted in Friendships, grief, Life musings, love, the road, more and less traveled
Tagged adventure, best friends, coping, finding meaning, gratitude, grief, living well, loss, love, middle age, Midlife, reflections, spirituality, starting over
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