Category Archives: Vignettes

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There are paintings on the wall, jigsaw puzzles on the counter and good people all around, but it’s an institution after all and the doors swing one way…                   “How do Continue Reading →

You can’t go back in time, but you can look back and this day, it’s all about a swimming pool triggering memories of sun, sand, youth, music and beverages.          I Continue Reading →

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We celebrated July 4, and it was fun, but dementia and living apart has made holidays different. Better? Worse? Or maybe just different…          IT’S JULY 4 and I am surrounded by Continue Reading →

A lesson learned – when you are living with dementia, go easy on having too many expectations….          THERE’S A RESIDENT appreciation cookout in an hour or so on the patio of Continue Reading →

Connie and I both are creating new communities as live apart but try to stay together. It’s a good thing…                   I THINK I am settling into a new sense of community Continue Reading →

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I took a plane to Dallas and went back to work for a few weeks, and it was good…                   I GOT ON a plane last month and flew to Dallas to Continue Reading →

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Sometimes what you need is just a walk in the woods, and while you may be walking alone and thinking of someone who used to walk with you, it’s still Continue Reading →

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You can choose how you enter into a memory unit. I choose a smile and a big wave, and to see everyone for what they were.                   I BELIEVE WHEN dementia has Continue Reading →

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On grief, guilt and dying twice….                   OUR FAMILY support group at Connie’s care facility is going to meet in a few days and talk about grief. I’m also going to bring Continue Reading →