The expected death of a loved one still hurts terribly. My mother lived with early onset Alzheimer’s disease for over a decade. She lived in a nursing home with advanced dementia for almost five years. And she lived on hospice care for two years. I prepared for her death for years. I was relieved, of…
It’s often difficult to know how to help a grieving friend. Maybe your friend’s dad just died. Maybe your friend’s mom just had a stroke. Or maybe your friend just experienced a miscarriage. Maybe your friend’s child was just diagnosed with an incurable illness. Maybe your friend was just diagnosed with cancer. Or maybe your…
We were originally supposed to get married in May of 2008. But, when it was clear that my mother’s early onset Alzheimer’s disease was progressing rapidly, we moved the wedding up by four months. I’m happy she still knew I was her daughter at my wedding despite Alzheimer’s disease. Fifteen years ago today, on January…
My parenting resolution is to give my kids more life and less grief. This year, I want to give my kids more experiences and less things. I want to give my kids more new perspectives and less judgement. And I want to give my kids more encouragement and less criticism. My parenting resolution is to…
It is often painful to remember a deceased loved one at Christmas. I’ve lost my mother and my grandparents over the last decade. Holidays are always hard for our family. We are reconciling the joy of the season with the grief that inevitably fills our hearts each year. I never want my loved ones to…
