A Journey in Review, Post 3: Show Up

A Journey in Review, Post 3: Show Up

There is very little I can do, and I know I can’t protect her from that bull, but I can sit with her. That’s something. And perhaps in this situation, it’s everything.

A Journey in Review, Post 2: Placebo Care

A Journey in Review, Post 2: Placebo Care

A Journey in Review, Post 1: Listen

A Journey in Review, Post 1: Listen

I fussed at mom but I think she was right. That I ever questioned her feels like a betrayal now. Why did I think I knew more about the mind and body that she had lived in for eight decades? She had always been in tune with her body and she saw the Bull coming from a long way off. She told us, but we didn’t start listening until she received the medical diagnosis.

Our Alzheimer’s Bull Journey

Our Alzheimer’s Bull Journey

The Other Side of Goodbye

The Other Side of Goodbye

What do we carry forward, what do we become on the other side of goodbye? We said goodbye to mom last month. What now?

Good Enough

Good Enough

We don’t have to be perfect to be good enough, and sometimes good enough is just perfect.