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I’ll always be there to take care of you. It’s the way God built me. I’m a caregiver, and I have…
Continue ReadingI was online, searching old Amazon orders for a part we’d bought for our 1998 Buick Regal. The car was…
Continue ReadingI'm sitting here on the front porch, and I'm sobbing. I'm finally grieving. I've finally reached the place where my…
Continue ReadingMy mom was never, ever without a cup of Lipton's tea. Like a dear friend, it held her hand, kept…
Continue ReadingToday I went to see my grandma in the memory care facility she now calls home. Visits now are nothing…
Continue ReadingI married my college sweetheart over a decade ago. I want to ask my mom about marriage. I want to…
Continue ReadingIf you were only allowed to have ten people at your mother’s funeral, who would you pick? How would you…
Continue ReadingMy great-grandmother lived a difficult life. She grew up during the Great Depression and its harsh aftereffects. Once married, her…
Continue ReadingMy father has Alzheimer’s. He’s in the middle stage of the disease. He still recognizes his wife and all six…
Continue ReadingThese are uncertain times. And I don’t just mean because of the pandemic. My mom is currently dying from Alzheimer’s…
Continue ReadingI’ve been thinking a lot about death lately. Death and grief and the impending doom of losing my mom. (Yeah,…
Continue ReadingI took this picture because I wanted to remember. I wanted to remember the way my grandma’s hand felt under…
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