2016-07-24 19:46
OK. I know what you are thinking.Two+ years, she finally shows up, and says "I'm moving!" like nothing at all has happened.Well. Stuff happened. Lots of it. Some of i… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
So, there we were, being thankful that the storms that had raked our fair state had (by and large) passed our area leaving no real trace or trail.We were trying, once again, to settle into a… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Not much more than 24 hours and less than 150 miles away, Twinks and I stood in the sunny atrium of her new college home, and stared into a muddy pit just outside the windows."That's the new… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Once again we are sitting in a clinic waiting room.There have been many, many such waits in the last 17 years... Many, many times we have sat here with other families, chatting away the idl… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
A lot of folks have been very kind to me so far this Holiday Season.They know that it's my first Christmas without Mom, that we are all a bit sad. Twinks and I both have a marked propensity… Read More
2013-03-04 23:04
Many years ago, Mom planted these. "My own little harbingers of Spring!" she declared, and every year, when they bloomed, she would take a picture of them. Then, she would hurry… Read More
2013-02-17 01:20
The catalog arrived in the mail. It was a busy Saturday, and so it was not until after the last of the light had fallen away to the west that I sat down and opened it.TW was puttering… Read More
2011-11-16 10:08
This is (largely) a repeat of the last two year's TCF post. But here it is, because I believe this topic is just that important.May your Thanksgiving be full of love, laughter, good food, an… Read More
2011-11-05 07:07
Well, Gentle Reader, once again I must apologize; I truly intended to be back to finish this story long before now!So, let's review, just in case anyone has joined us late in the story.In Pa… Read More
2011-11-05 04:28
I promised this story a while back. The events here are all real; they occurred more than three years ago.It took me a long time - as you can see - to be able to write coherently about… Read More
2011-11-05 04:19
Dear and Gentle Reader, once again I find myself apologizing for the appalling lack of correspondence on my part. I have no real excuses, other than my duties as a Caregiver, Wife and Mothe… Read More
2011-11-05 03:58
I don't talk a lot about my Dad here. It's not that I don't think about my dad. I do - every day. But there are some days when I feel his loss a bit more keenly. Veteran's Day is alway… Read More
2011-11-05 03:08
A catastrophic reaction is when a dementia or Alzheimer's patient has a oversized reaction to a small (or non-existent) problem or event.And that is what landed us in the ER nearly a week ag… Read More
2011-11-04 07:36
...But I have to write.I have to write it, because I have to get it out of me. I need to put this information, this "stuff", these memories out there - somewhere, anywhere, outside of me … Read More
2011-05-27 05:32
Mom is gone Read More
2011-01-20 23:11
...is when I go a little crazy.I am tired all the time now - Mom can no longer be left alone. At all. Ever. The exhaustion is grinding. It eats at my sanity, it erodes my b… Read More
2011-01-02 10:57
Yep, I've changed things around.Again.Poor TW says that I like to move the furniture around just to drive him nuts. I have always been this way... I like to move things around a bit, se… Read More
2010-12-24 19:36
Around midnight, tonight, I will quietly open the front door, and step out onto the porch.Because it is Christmas Eve, the world will be quiet, and still. There is no traffic noise; ev… Read More
2010-12-14 08:34
Hospice.I still can't believe that we are there; at that point where the Doctor looked at me, and said "I think it's time to call in Hospice".In my heart of hearts, I knew it was time. … Read More
2010-10-27 07:19
OK, people. I have been out there, reading your blogs (commenting here and there) and generally catching up on your lives.So, before I update you on *my* life... I'm going to update you on… Read More
2010-10-12 06:51
I am here - long enough to tell you that... well, I am here!Believe it or not, I had been creating an *epic* blog post - one that would carry you, Dear Reader, through all of the twists and… Read More
2010-03-16 09:45
Or , "Happy Third Anniversary at Home, Mom".Three years ago, my Mom came "home" to live with us. I can still remember that day so vividly. I remember the horror I felt when I saw how sick… Read More
2010-01-20 06:20
If you have just joined us, you can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.TW IS NOT A GOOD PATIENT.Did you remember that? I'm just saying, is all.We are still at the Specialist's office, working… Read More
2009-12-07 08:10
If you have just joined us, you can read Part 1 hereWhen last we met, I was headed out the door, more than a little afraid of what I was going to see. I can deal with a lot of stuff, but se… Read More
2009-12-03 07:57
No, not the "richer or poorer" part. We've already been both rich and poor. And while rich might be easier, I'm not afraid of poor.Here, Gentle Reader, I am talking about "in sickness and… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Where we have been, for the last year, has been a place that is all too familiar for our family.The grief of losing yet another beloved parent, or grandparent. The solemn procession th… Read More
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