The good news is that Mom still reacts positively to personal interaction with the staff at her memory care facility. The bad news is...

We lost a friend to cancer this week. She was my mother’s age. I visited her a few hours before she died, and it was clear that she had...

It happened unexpectedly, a feeling I did not anticipate, a depression as I walked away from Mom’s residence. For the first time in a...

Finding happiness in the little things is something that I work at. It doesn’t necessarily come naturally when it relates to Mom. It is...

When Mom and I took a short walk to the grocery store and back, she was hesitant about where we were walking. She literally recognized...

Her first reaction was annoyance. “I don’t need anyone interfering with the way I live my life,” Mom declared. “Who is she anyway?” It...