Category: Mom

  • A mother of a friend of mine was in mid-later stages of dementia. My friend, Pat is a very logical, black & white, math-minded person.…

  • I really like how the hospice system I volunteer for has opportunities for additional training and learning. The other day was 2 hours on dementia…

  • Let’s just start with the obvious: It is so hard and exhausting. I think more so if you are stuck in the care giving sandwich…

  • One year for Christmas, my mother gave me a very old cookbook. Looking at the cover, I was sure that most recipes would be using…

  • My mother was a great cook. She had cooked her entire life, taught by her mother. Once you have been cooking for awhile, you tend…

  • A friend of mine mentioned the other day that they may need to get hospice for her early 90s father but she was afraid he…

  • Not everything will be relevant or necessary, but it might be handy to have this all in one place, plus you get a sense of…

  • I have been on the earth for over 50 years. My mother worked in a nursing home as an activity director and social services directory…

  • We have been watching a lot of Letterkenny lately. Upon further reflection I believe we are on our third round through all the seasons. Squirely…

  • To quote Oscar Wilde via Lady Bracknell “To lose one parent… may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.” My parents…