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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 Meaningful Relationships on Mar 10th, 2008
True love in most people’s mind is nothing like the real thing. Take any romantic movies with the greatest love stories you can think of and they cannot compare to real, true love. Not even Shakespeare came close. How do I know? My husband and I have seen it with our own eyes. And just […]
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 Internal wisdom on Feb 25th, 2008
Growing old used to seem like the makings of a horror flick, with the aging process as the creepy villain. A villain who wreaks havoc by creating debilitation, dental problems, and dwindling mental capacity. A villain who slashes autonomy and independence. A villain who torments his victims with the indignity of sagging bodies and shuffleboard. […]
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 […]