It was 12:15pm on Sunday. Not just any Sunday, but May 12, 2019...Mother's Day. I was standing in the middle of a store in the mall, surrounded by toddlers in strollers and young children whose Mom's were in tow (or the other way around, depending on the age of the child). I was by far …
Tag: dementia
Forgotten Birthday
Many years ago on the day of my birth, your hands first held me here on earth. You counted my fingers and piggy toes, cleaned my bottom and wiped my nose. I tipped my cup spilling milk in my chair and sometimes managed to get food in my hair. But you wiped me up and said "thats …
Small Expectations
Visiting my Mom at her Memory Care Home requires advance planning to maximize the potential for a good, meaningful visit. This involves calculating the best time of day to arrive, taking into account the sequence of care activities for daily living. It also requires anticipating the time for the start of the parade of wheelchairs, …
Cary to Calcutta 