Mondays with Mom

A daughter’s journey through caregiving

Home

“When I think of home, I think of a place Where there's love overflowing I wish I were home, I wish I was back...

Naps

One of my favorite pictures of me and Mom was taken when I was about 6 or 7 weeks old. We’re snuggled in bed...

Flexible

I consider myself a flexible person. No, not in the yoga or tai chi sort of way, but I can go with the flow...

Megan

My niece Megan lives in Atlanta. Like many young professionals, she doesn’t have many opportunities to come to Clarkesville because of her busy life....

Village

Each Monday (and now Tuesday and Thursday) morning when I first walk in to the house, I wonder what is ahead for us today....

Bean

Mom has been wrestling a lot in her dreams lately. She argues and fusses, mostly at her brother, Bean. That wasn’t his real name. I...

Dolls

When I was still single, I worked for a season at an Alzheimer’s daycare center in Macon. I loved my work since I was...

Hours

The evenings are the hardest. Mom’s tired, even though she may have rested throughout the day. When my children were little, we called the...

Busy

Do you remember the busy blankets for older babies? The colorful, squeaky, crinkly, tactile, inviting blankets that babies enjoy as they are learning to...

Correspondence

A few months ago, Dad wrote a form letter to causes that he’d been supporting financially for years. Dad typed his correspondence on a...

Hymns

Mom loves hymns. She has always sung when she was in a good mood. We used to sing duets in church and she participated...

Paint

I love to paint. I’m not an artist by any stretch of the imagination, but I do love the peacefulness of holding a brush....