I am sitting at my desk trying to sort the mounds of paper that accumulated in the two years I have been helping my mother. The fog of grief prevents me from focusing on much more than just pitching old magazines, newspapers, and junk mail.
Upcycle Holiday Ornaments
I know many households where the Christmas decorations look like a Macy’s display. You will not find an ornament out of place. Every angel is color coordinated to match the LED lights, which twinkle in synchronicity to holiday music. Perfect bows in perfect places. Not at my house. The ornaments decorating the tree in my …
Mom, Tell Bryan I Love Him
It was sudden in the sense she was home, had been talking to us pretty well, and didn’t seem in any worse condition that the day before. I can look behind me and see her kidneys and bowels had been shutting down. She was just at the doctor Wednesday and he didn’t seem concerned. He …
All the signs of dementia.
It has all the signs of a dementia. Dementia explains many of the things we witnessed over the past couple years. What we thought was addiction behavior was probably dementia. It wasn’t that she wanted to take too much medication, it is likely she didn’t remember taking it. Once we got a handle on her …