Category Archives: Vignettes

When death’s coming gives you time there are things you can do, plans you can make that will help give you peace when it is over..             THERE ARE THINGS to do Continue Reading →

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Connie’s sister and our niece came to visit and for a few minutes, at least, dementia let Connie out and it was nice             CONNIE’S SISTER JANET and our niece Sarah dropped Continue Reading →

I went to see Connie and ended up waiting tables.              THEY SEEM TO be having staffing issues at the memory care center.             There is a core staff but the faces Continue Reading →

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Dementia is a strange malady. It destroys, but then it hands out a gift             DEMENTIA IS AN unpredictable malady. No one really knows what is firing and what is not in Continue Reading →

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Things Have Changed…. OUR ROUTINE HAS changed. Once upon a time, when I left Connie’s memory care unit each night, I’d hug her, tell her I loved her and leave. Now, Continue Reading →

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Safety is a fleeting thing and we don’t feel quite as safe as we did, but at the same time the cause of our feelings is a victim of the Continue Reading →