Happy 80th Birthday, Mom!
Just about to hop in the shower and pick up my sister from the airport to celebrate our mother's 80th birthday! It's a miracle she's with us. She's a survivor of non-Hodgkins lymphoma, [...]
Catharsis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s31OdVbkV6o Ok, so, um, I've always sort of put myself out there. Way before I ever had therapy or was interested in psychology. It just is my temperament. And, not only is it [...]
Vascular Dementia and Psychosis
My husband, son & I are visiting my sister, her family, and the in-laws (my sister and I married brothers) in Oregon. Beautiful outside. We can see Mt. St. Helens peaking out in [...]
Clearing Out
Sunday evening I relaxed after spending the afternoon letting my husband grab his favorite tools from my father's garage before Hughes Estate Sales takes everything not now in storage. After consulting with my [...]
I've Been Really Busy
I haven't been blogging as much recently because I've simply been too busy to do so. Moved my parents into Silverado Memory Care Community in San Juan Capistrano Wednesday. My parents are getting [...]
My Parents Are Still Apart
Overwhelmed with feelings of guilt. Trying to do the best I can. The assisted living memory care where my father has been staying cannot accommodate my mother's difficulty swallowing liquids due to her [...]
Time for Geriatric Psychiatric Hospitalization
Tuesday I took my mother from her stroke rehab to the hospital for a swallow test. When we returned to her stroke rehab afterwards, she refused to get out of my car. She [...]
Shut Up Mind, Let Me Rest
Woke up in the wee hours of the morning. Mind won't let me rest. Too many loose ends to tie. Found lovely memory care for both my parents in my neighborhood, so they [...]
Thoughts Intrude
Thoughts intrude Throw plate in sink Let it shatter loudly I see myself doing it The image, the impulse is there There - in my mind No! I respond Turn left NOW in front [...]
I’m No April Fool
NOW THERE ARE TWO OF USNarrenspiegel (Fool's Mirror), Nördlingen, Bavaria This admittedly amateurish attempt at April Fool's Day poetry (yes, that's rather heavy-handed alliteration - accept it, I like it, I'm on A [...]