I’m Savoring This Long Goodbye to My Mom
My mom could have died when I was 25, but she didn’t. She was, however, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, which can often feel like a death. In…
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My mom could have died when I was 25, but she didn’t. She was, however, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, which can often feel like a death. In…
Continue ReadingWhen I tell someone my mom has Alzheimer’s, the first thing they usually ask is, “Does she know who you are?” There was a time when I could…
Continue ReadingThese are the hands that held me as I took my first breaths. The hands that fed me and changed my diapers and rocked me to sleep at night. The hands…
Continue ReadingIn 2012, my mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. She was sixty. I say diagnosed because people understand that, they get that. But…
Continue ReadingAlzheimer’s and other forms dementia caregivers devote a significant amount of time and energy to the person with Alzheimer’s disease.…
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