Most of the time, I deal pretty well with my mother having Alzheimer's. If dealing pretty well means living 150 some odd miles away and not having to deal with it every day, and avoiding calling sometimes because we have the same conversation every single time ( Read more... )

Every once in a while, little glimpses of the woman my mom used to be comes peeking through ( Read more... )

So, what has Auntie been up to lately ( Read more... )

Okay, first... Friday night, I was on-line chatting, something I don't do often because (1) don't really have the time because of my Little Interruptions and (2) sleeping, I really like doing that when I can! But, I was chatting and really enjoying it when I heard something very large crashing around in the bushes outside my side-yard window ( Read more... )

I am TIRED, and I can tell you that I have done absolutely nothing to get that way. Except, you know... breathe. Or try to, at least.

And my mother yelled at me. Twice. TWICE!! Yesterday, and today!! Let me tell you something, my mother may be 84 years old and getting a bit dithery, but the woman can still verbally dress you down like a six ( Read more... )

Dear Mr. Hopcraft,Your emails have been a constant source of stress and worry for my mother. You send her the stupidest shit it is possible to find on the internet, which she then forwards to me with the plaintive refrain of "is this true???" Which means I then have to use my Google-fu and Snopes-kwon-do skills to prove to her that it isn't true ( Read more... )

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I love my mother dearly, y'all know that, right ( Read more... )

Don't know if I've mentioned it, but today is not only the Summer Solstice, but it is also my mother's birthday. She's 83 years old today ( Read more... )

So, the Husbandly One took the van in to our local fix-it place, which we love because things actually get fixed rather than made worse... and no, it wasn't a thrown rod, thank goodness!

Sounded like one, but no ( Read more... )