My mother was born in 1946 in San Diego, California. She met my dad in high school, typing class. The […]
My First Post
Where to start? We are four years into our dementia journey with my mom. As with most things, what I […]
January 30, 2024
I am not sure what to title this post, I guess just the date. It has been 5 months and […]
Grief
Mom passed on August 20, 2023. I can’t write about that now, so I am skipping forward a bit to […]
Family
This is the post I had hoped to write when I got up this morning, before “the fall.” This past […]
Falls
Today wasn’t the first time that Mom has fallen, but it was by far the worst. The day actually started […]
Connections
Yesterday was Judy’s celebration of life in Beaverton. It was nice to see some of her family that I had […]
Melancholy
Today and the past few days have been weird. I started a long post yesterday about the past few days’ […]
Mistakes
Quite a few people have told me that I am too hard on myself, my own worst critic, and so […]
Happy Birthday!
My Mom’s birthday was July 25. She turned 77! I planned to make Mom’s favorite dinner and got her a […]
Medication
For the most part, Mom has always been relatively healthy until this (fractured pelvis aside!) and had only been on […]
Swedish Death Cleaning
Real thing in Sweden; cute show on Peacock. Essentially, what it means is cleaning up your clutter before you die […]