by lori | Jan 8, 2015 | Alzheimer's, Caregiving, Here and now, Love, Poetry, Women, Work
This just-messing-around, poetic-calisthenics poem is a tribute to the work of poet Jericho Brown: specifically, his poem Heart Condition, the first poem of his that I happened upon. Go find it. Read it. You won’t be sorry. Better yet, buy one of his books. Here... by lori | Nov 18, 2014 | Alzheimer's, Caregiving, Feelings, Here and now, Love, Poetry
Stop Preaching Forgiveness to the Drowning a poem for me When you see a woman drowning don’t ask her to forgive the man beside her throwing anchors in her direction. You may be able to see that he is drowning too. She can’t. Plus, forgiving him now... 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....