We seem to be in a kind of dance. We take three steps forward and one step back. Now that we are all vaccinated with our second dose of...

What an amazing visit we had with Mom! My dad and I were allowed to visit with her together. I haven’t been with both my parents at the...

God is watching out for me in this new year. On the first day of January 2021, I had arranged to interview someone for a freelance story...

I finally saw Mom this week. It was such a pleasure to see her happy and smiling. She talked a mile a minute for about twenty minutes....

I’m going to call Mom’s care facility soon to request an appointment to visit with her. It’s been so long since I’ve seen her. I do get...

We just got word that Mom may receive the Pfizer Corona vaccine as early as next week! This is truly a Chanukah miracle. The closer we...

Along with the physical and mental reawakening Mom has experienced with the change to her medications, she’s also become quite feisty....

We have the ability to look at a bleak situation and still find something to be thankful for.

Now that my dad is over his cold, we’ve scheduled a visit at week’s end for him to see Mom. She continues to have periods of extreme...

I had a wonderful visit with Mom today. I really did. She was awake and enlivened. She asked who I was when she first saw me then...

I finally saw Mom last week after a long period of separation. Because the care facility only assigns one weekly family visit per...

When my parents moved to Beer Sheva from Netanya in 2017, the transition was very difficult for Mom. She never seemed to settle in their...

My mom’s Alzheimer’s care facility is once again allowing visitors.

I couldn’t bring myself to write last week. The conversations—if you can call them that—with Mom were just too depressing. Mom is...

Round two of worries to contend with. Two residents at Mom’s care facility have been taken to hospital after contracting COVID-19; four...

What an auspicious day! It’s my birthday! And we finally get to see Mom again, albeit with masks and social distancing. Our family...

I don’t know if it’s only the pandemic that is making my emotions ride the big roller coasters—taking me up and down on the ride of my...

I am so worried. We received word this week that the physiotherapist in Mom’s care facility was diagnosed with Corona. This is beyond...

Is it true that “No News is Good News?” This week, our interactions with Mom were difficult and depressing. We were unable to connect...

We were gifted a rare interaction with Mom this week. When we called to video conference, Mom was alert and communicative. Though she...