Living with an Early-onset Dementia Diagnosis
Last night was M’s bowling night, which meant I sat with his team at the bowling alley and directed him as to when it was his time to bowl and on which lane he was to bowl. Nothing to it, right? Normally, that would be true. But a massive storm was on its way, so my head was pounding along with every pin that was knocked over. Continue reading “This Stuff is Tough”
She’s done it again. I don’t know how, but once again, Danielle LaPorte – a believer in energy, humor and love – has reached inside my soul and has seen everything I am feeling . . . and has spoken directly to me. Continue reading “Hanging By a Thread?”
In one of my FAVORITE movies of all time, Susan Sarandon tells Tim Robbins in Bull Durham that “physical exhaustion can be spiritually fabulous.” As a movie line, that’s hilarious. In real life, that sucks. Continue reading “Physical Exhaustion”
I thought M and I had gone through all his pants and weeded out the ones that were too small months ago, but evidently not. When I got home from work last night, he told me that he wanted to show me something, and he had five pairs of jeans laying out on his bed. When I asked if they were too small or too big for him, he said they were both. Continue reading “Fashion-Turn To the Left”
M has had a problem for several weeks with his stomach hurting. Of course, the situation is exacerbated by the fact that he can’t really describe what is going on or exactly how he feels. Continue reading “Tummy Troubles”
Work has been so crazy busy for me, with everything that had to be done for the vaccine clinic and then the follow-up paperwork, all of us who participated were encouraged to take a day off this week. Which worked out well, because I had a ton of things to do. Continue reading “Because I LOVE Jumping Through Hoops”
The past few days (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and this morning) have been such a whirlwind, I have hardly had time to catch my breath, much less write anything. I work for a healthcare system and last Thursday, the powers that be decided that, in conjunction with our local health department, we would hold a drive-thru COVID vaccine clinic for 2000+ people. Continue reading “And Then it Snowed!”
“What are you doing to take care of YOU?” Continue reading “Oh no! Not the Flying Monkey Wrenches!”
When M was undergoing testing to determine what was going on with his brain, WAY back in 2018, there were only a couple of times he seemed scared of what the diagnosis might be. Continue reading “The Arrival of Realization”
*Or a couple of lessons learned while watching HOURS of soccer documentaries.
Hello from the front lines! Despite all the preventative measures I’ve taken – shopping online, wearing a mask, washing my hands, not going ANYWHERE – I still managed to test positive for coronavirus right after New Year’s day. Continue reading “Vignettes From a COVID Holiday”