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Even When Memory Fails, Love Remains

My great-grandmother lived a difficult life. She grew up during the Great Depression and its harsh aftereffects. Once married, her husband became a…

My father has Alzheimer’s. He’s in the middle stage of the disease. He still recognizes his wife and all six of his adult children. He has…

These are uncertain times. And I don’t just mean because of the pandemic. My mom is currently dying from Alzheimer’s disease. She was diagnosed…

I’ve been thinking a lot about death lately. Death and grief and the impending doom of losing my mom. (Yeah, I know. I’m super fun these days.)…

I took this picture because I wanted to remember. I wanted to remember the way my grandma’s hand felt under mine, her soft skin wrinkled from years…

I will never know what it’s like to see my mom’s car pull up to my house. I will never know what it’s like to group text with my mom and my…

My husband recently told me he doesn’t remember what I was like before my mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. I guess that’s fair. We only…

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…

When 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…

I started writing my mom’s eulogy the other day. Not on paper, but in my head. Nothing has happened. Nothing has changed. In fact, things are…