Today is my mother’s eighty-fifth birthday and we will celebrate with coconut shrimp, whipped mashed potatoes, chocolate ice cream and Chardonnay. She’ll get phone calls and birthday cards and flowers from friends and family. She’ll feel loved and appreciated. And tomorrow she won’t remember any of it. Dementia does that. It’s indiscriminate about what memories […]
Category Archives: Aging Parents
Dementia Continued
This is my 100th post. It’s also the day that I move my mom out of her sweet little condo into an assisted living community. It’s taken months of anxiety and planning to actually get here, to this moving day. You would think that after today the worst is over. She’ll be in a safe, […]
Grandma Likes Cheap Wine and Other Lessons in Surrender
Most people wouldn’t guess this now, but I am a recovering perfectionist-control freak. More than 25 years ago I learned that the more you try to control a situation or a person, the more out of control YOU actually become. Surrender doesn’t come easily. It’s when your finger tips are raw and bloody from […]
When Dementia Steals Your Childhood
Guys, I need help. When I started this blog it was to share my ideas, experiences and (dare I say) wisdom with anyone who cared to listen. If you do follow GA, you may have noticed that I haven’t posted anything in a while. That’s because I’ve been struggling with the reality of being a […]
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