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An inside look at Evelyn’s situation now: It’s a roller coaster
The hospice nurse told me to expect good days and bad days—like a roller coaster. It’s an apt comparison. And I remember: Sometimes roller coasters make me sick.
Experiencing the hardest part of Alzheimer’s. She’s in a fog
A unique workshop helped me experience the world through the senses of an Alzheimer’s patient. And now I see that Evelyn has been in a fog.
Some forgetting I’d be just as pleased if I couldn’t remember
"Remember the forgetting" is the headline I wrote for my home page. I had no idea what I was saying.
Shared story: We are coping, but this disease does not pause or stop
The story of how our life has changed, beginning with a senseless auto accident in 2014.
One caregiver considers another new year: resignation and hope
“Oh what a foretaste of glory divine.” This year I’ll settle for the foretaste while nurturing hope for glory someday.
Shared story: My journey as a long-distance caregiver, Part 2
When we lose a loved one to death, we experience the year of “firsts”—first birthday, anniversary, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas—without the loved one. But in my journey with Mom, “firsts” have come unexpectedly, at random times, over a four- or five-year period.