Mother Daughter Dreaming
After dementia, a conversation begins A few years ago, while clearing out my mother’s closets in anticipation of moving her to an Alzheimer’s unit in an assisted living facility, I found some of her diaries. Sitting amongst the pile …
Morning Light
Just as my mother began to slip into the morass of forgetfulness and confusion that we later learned was Alzheimer’s Disease, she wrote the following paragraphs, which I saved along with her other computer files …
Crazy Good: Dreaming of Mom
I had a crazy dream the other night. I dreamed my mother called me on the phone and we were laughing and talking. Which might not sound so strange to you. After all, people dream …