I had a hysterectomy at age 39 even though it was scary.
When I was 18 years old and about to start college, my mother almost died.
She became extremely anemic after experiencing months of increasingly heavy periods.
Tag: Alzheimer’s disease
Dear Mom, You weren’t supposed to leave me so soon. I’ve had to do everything without you. You weren’t supposed to leave me so soon. I’ve had a miscarriage. I’ve had two babies. And I’ve had two surgeries. I’ve watched my brother fight addiction. I’ve watched my dad remarry. And I’ve planned funerals. I’ve written […]
My mother never got the chance to be an amazing grandmother.
My mother wanted to take her grandchildren to the beach.
My mother needed us to love her until the end of Alzheimer’s disease. My grandmother took this photo of my mother, my husband, and me over a decade ago. It was Thanksgiving Day, six months after my mother’s initial diagnosis with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. And it was seven years before the end of Alzheimer’s […]
Ten years ago today, I walked into my mother’s room in the nursing home, carrying a cookies and cream milkshake. (I was pregnant, after all.) I found her finally at peace. Today, I’m remembering my mother’s death after Alzheimer’s disease. Anniversary of My Mother’s Death after Alzheimer’s Even after 4 days of waiting and watching […]