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Tag Archives: mothers
I Want My Mother Back
I want my mean, bitchy, drunk mother back. The mother who was depressed and melancholy, who said cruel things about my work and criticized my parenting, who undermined instructions to my kids by saying “You really don’t have to pay … Continue reading
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Tagged alcoholism, Alzheimer's, daughters, depression, mothers
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Boomeranging Into An Empty Nest
I was extremely heartened to read in the New York Times that having a good and open relationship with your kids, one in which you speak frequently and they solicit your advice, is a positive thing. Not that I ever … Continue reading
Alone, Again. Naturally.
From my desk, as I sit writing this, I can see the water: the Bull River out beyond a large marsh, the look of which changes depending on the tides. Off to my left is a small marina with a … Continue reading
Note: Call Doctor Re Memory & Knowledge Loss. Terrified.
There are post-it notes all over my mother’s room at the assisted living place where she has lived since being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in the summer of 2005. She loves post-it notes. She likes them in bright colors like hot … Continue reading
My Mother Has Already Forgotten Thanksgiving
I had this admittedly crazy idea to fly up north and fly with my mother back down to my small Virginia town so that she could spend a couple of days with me, see my teenaged daughter whom she hasn’t … Continue reading
