So I broke down and watched Still Alice …alone…. probably not a wise decision. As some of you know, it’s about a 51 year old woman diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer Disease, her family, her quick deterioration, her children being tested for the disease. I sobbed the entire movie, the ugly kind of sob. The
Daddy
Moving Mama Home.
Moments with Mama…. are moving back to the country. We moved Mama into memory care…
Life as we know it.
Daddy, Mama, and I were supposed to leave on a trip to Pennsylvania with Daddy’s church group today. We were to return on Wednesday. However, when Mama made such a big turn a couple of weeks ago, we decided it was best not to take her on that long bus ride up there and back.
Those women.
The last two weeks have brought drastic change in Mama, it’s almost hard to believe. I keep seeing that first MRI of Mama’s brain the doctor showed us back when they felt sure she had Alzheimers back in about 2009. The doctor explained the white we saw on the screen, the white matter, that was
Slipping away.
As I asked for prayer request on Facebook this morning, I kept thinking about all…
Moments with Daddy.
Missing for 28 days…but I’m still here! 28 days that are a blur and surreal. 28 days in which my brain nor body would stop long enough to focus on writing – focus is hard for me even during normal times. But between Daddy’s big adventure below, and Mama, poor Mama, two weddings and several
Who’s your Daddy?
I have so much to remember and write down from this past week but I’ve lost my focus for a little while. I know everyone feels this way at times, and I feel guilty saying this when I see what so many friends are going through, but the simple truth is my heart and spirit
Daddy’s surgery.
Daddy is having knee replacement tomorrow, at 78, his second one. My husband has had two so this will be our fourth new knee in the family! I know under normal conditions that recovery from knee replacement is tough and factoring in Mama’s condition makes it… interesting. Mama was always a caregiver, taking pies
