Dear Mom, If life had gone the way I’d planned, I wouldn’t know much about Alzheimer’s disease. I would probably be organizing a party for your 60th birthday at Pappadeaux or Chuy’s instead of selling shirts and bracelets to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Association in your memory. I would probably be naive and foolish,…
I have received several requests for the playlist of country gospel funeral songs from my mother’s services. Music played an important role in my journey through my mother’s illness. It helped me maintain my connection to my mother while she was still alive and also helped me to say goodbye and honor her memory when…
I didn’t know I would say goodbye to my mother eight days after I wrote Keep Me In Your Heart: A Father’s Day Wish. She finally found peace after Alzheimer’s disease. My mother found peace after Alzheimer’s disease The five days leading up to my mother’s death were physically and emotionally trying. I hated watching…
Dixie Dee Benton Stucky died June 22, 2013, a few months before her 60th birthday, at San Marcos Nursing & Rehab after fighting Alzheimer’s disease for more than 10 years. Dixie was born in Houston, Texas October 11, 1953. Dixie Benton Stucky (1953-2013) As a child “Dee Dee” loved riding her horses and helping her…
I’ve been struggling to write for the last couple of months but felt like I needed to publish something in commemoration of Mother’s Day. I could blame my hiatus from blogging on being busy with motherhood and working part-time again, but that’s not really the reason. My blog started a few years ago as…
