Parking
I worked for my favorite client yesterday. She knows about my mom and reads this blog from time to time. She shared a story about one of her colleague’s visits to the doctor for menopausal memory loss. The doc asked this person, “Do you remember where you park your car?” The colleague replied, “Well, sure.” […]
February Trip to the Island – 02/10/2016
Mom called my cell phone (still regarded as a miracle) at 7:57 to ask if we were having breakfast together. I told her that was our plan, and I’d be there at 9. After closing up the cabin, and walking Tim & Cindy’s property, to check for storm damage in and around the six buildings, […]
February Trip to the Island – 02/09/2016
I arrived at mom’s at 9 this morning. The kitchen smelled wonderfully of breakfast. She cheerfully answered the door asking if I’d had breakfast, clearly forgetting that we’d planned to eat together at 9am. I started to stay. “Of course not, the cabin…” and let it go. She won’t remember that I am blessed to […]
February Trip to the Island – 02/08/2016
I’m just back from spending 3 days with my mom at her Island home. This and the next two posts are my notes and observations from our time together. ~ 2-10-16, 9pm 2/8/16 Overall mom and I had a good day. When I arrived she was working on the daily NY crossword puzzle. Together, we […]
Island Ho!
I’m Island bound tomorrow to spend two nights with Mom. It’s been six weeks since she returned to the Island after Christmas. It’s so good to have regular time to visit again. Other than hanging out, the official reason for the trip is to gather tax docs so I can complete her tax return. I’m […]
Tracking ability
I made plans to visit mom on the Island February 1st and 2nd, and then had to postpone those plans for a week. The following communications have transpired re moving the dates of my trip: 1/26/16: Sent an email to mom explaining the need to postpone the trip until the 8th & 9th. 1/27/16 Received […]
Follow up on Redundancies…
Mom called just after 10 this morning asking if I’d gotten her e-mail. I said I had, and had responded to her. She was still worried about needing to move money. When I told her she had taken care of transferring funds on the 4th, there was dead silence on the other end of the […]
Pesticides
In getting ready to install a new garbage disposal at mom’s mainland home, I found not one, but two squirt bottles of weed killer under her kitchen sink. This is something I tend to keep in the garage, far from the area where I prepare food. Of course, both bottles, while labeled with an indelible […]
January 2nd Calls
Mom left voice mail at 3:20 and 4:54 this afternoon. It was crystal clear from her second message that she did not recall leaving the first message. I returned her calls. It was perfectly clear, as she answered the phone, that she’d forgotten that she’d left voicemail. The conversation went like this: Me: Hi Mom! […]
Two Year Anniversary & Holy F*ck!
This is the two year anniversary of this blog! It’s an easy day to remember because it’s my grandson’s second birthday. The first post signed off with a segue to my daugther’s labor being underway, and that I could suspend my stress for a little while to attend and delight in his birth. This child […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 