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The gift of a name…
A beautiful memory worth sharing…. The Gifts in the Grief…( I wrote this back in 2019) I hope you don’t mind as we continue to share. Our little Stella is already working so much in our lives. Sharing to me…
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Somewhere in the middle of it all…
I have had so many things to ponder these past weeks of May. May is the month of Mothers…and my mom is currently declining from frontal lobe dementia. I talk about it here from time to time and on my…
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My Real Reel…
How’s this for a highlight reel of motherhood? The real reel…. There are seasons where you can’t keep up with it all. This is my kitchen. Every morning when I come home from drop off and believe it or not…
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All Things…
I share with your today something I often carry in the quiet. I carry a deep ache, a longing, a grief as I watch my mom slowly slip away from here dementia and I don’t like to talk about it,…
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I see you…
To the mama chasing the toddler in mass I see you and you are beautiful. To the mama who feels she is a mess when her house is a mess I see you and you and your home are lovely.…
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Dear Mom, you are a gift even in your suffering…
My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimers/Dementia 6 years ago. I remember the day she called to tell me, she had such peace in her voice and she said “do not worry, everything is going to be fine”. The news of…
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Sometimes you just have to begin
It has been awhile since I have written a blog post. In fact it has been so long that my old website vanished and all my previous content was lost. But as crazy as it sounds it was like I…