by lori | Apr 27, 2015 | Aging Gratefully, Alzheimer's, Care Partnering, Here and now, Love, Poetry, Women
I love Alzheimer’s when mom looks into my eyes says “My baby girl. I love you.” twinkles hugs me close she lifts the world to my lips pours gratitude through me inconsequential then that names are dead past is gone old us drowned we float happy here no longer up... by lori | Mar 30, 2015 | Alzheimer's, Care Partnering, Essays
Nine years have passed since we first noticed significant changes in mom. Seven years since the official doctor’s diagnosis: Alzheimer’s disease. Back then we blindly accepted the experts’ truths, stories, and definitions as our own. We picked up the... by lori | Jan 8, 2015 | Acceptance, Alzheimer's, Care Partnering, Essays, Grace, Wayfinding
This post is by and for primary and secondary caregivers of someone living with mid-stage Alzheimer’s disease. We’ve been living with mom’s Alzheimer’s disease for almost 9 years now. I can’t believe she’s still with us. Still knows... by lori | Nov 13, 2014 | Alzheimer's, Care Partnering, Caregiving, Poetry
We thought the Alzheimer’s diagnosis would be hard. Then, that the slow losing of mom as we knew her would be beyond hard. These things seemed shatteringly difficult for so very many others. How could we expect anything else? But we’re nine years in now.... by lori | Apr 30, 2014 | Care Partnering, Caregiving, Creating, Writing
The point. For me, sustained creation appears to be the result of having self-chosen routine. I allow my life to revolve around two routines: an individual, somewhat orderly routine and a collective, chaotic routine, both of which I myself choose each day: An...