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Posted in Meaningful Relationships on Apr 17th, 2008
My mom is two people. One is the young, wounded child yearning to be free of her strict upbringing, and one is the 79 year old woman who refuses to remember her parents and upbringing as anything but “wonderful, fabulous, and perfect.” Most people who see my mom, see a sweet, older lady who is […]
Posted in Change & Growth on Mar 21st, 2008
Hay fever season just hit me like a ton of bricks. Sneezing, itchy eyes, runny nose — ah, the fun of it all. I looked up the probable cause for hay fever in Louise Hay’s book, You Can Heal Your Life. Hay believes all illness has roots in how we view ourselves and the world, […]
Posted in Meaningful Relationships on Mar 9th, 2008
A few days ago, my mom could not come up with my name when her eye doctor asked, “So who is this with you today?” She said, “This is my daughter.” Both the doctor and I waited for her to give my name, but she said nothing. I said, “So what is my name?” She […]
Posted in Meaningful Relationships on Feb 24th, 2008
It’s just a coffee maker. It’s not a complicated piece of technology. And yet for my mother, some days it might as well be a Rubik’s cube. Early stages of Alzheimer’s or senility make it so. I could make the coffee for her, and for me on the rare days I drink it, but the […]