Privacy
I subscribe to an online caregiver site that is full of legal advice and encouragement for caregivers. AgingCare.com has been a wonderful source for...
Travel
Mom and Dad have traveled a lot during their years together. Everywhere they were stationed, they explored the countryside and took us kids along...
Birthdays
Mom was born on April 18, 1928. This year she will be 88 years old. We’ll have a little party for her. My oldest...
Daddy
Each week as I write these articles, I always skirt around the topic of Daddy. When I began writing “Mondays with Mom,” I was...
Showers
Mom’s dementia is evident in everything we do nowadays. From the way she reads the ads in the magazine rather than the articles, to...
Visit
This week's installment was written by my sister, Carla, who lives in Texas.
I have been reading Mornings with Mom over the past several months...
Florida
When I was in kindergarten and first grade, we lived in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Because I was so little, I have only fleeting images...
Fog
I love foggy mornings. It makes everything look new and mysterious. Driving into Clarkesville on Highway 115, often there is a mist hanging over...
Joy
Do you believe we have a happiness set-point? Is there a consistent lens through which we view the world? It’s more than being an...
Chairs
When Dad was broken up after his fall off the ladder last fall, he invested in a lift chair for himself. He had purchased...
Commitment
Yesterday was Valentine’s Day and there was a lot of conversation on social media and television about love. I read many professions of love from one...
Reading
I love to read. Since I was the last of four children, I understand that my siblings read to me practically from the moment...