Aunts
Dad grew up in Zebulon, North Carolina, with two younger sisters. My aunts, Sandra and Susanne, still live in eastern North Carolina and made...
Estate
Estate is an old word that most of us don’t use very often. It conjures up images of castles and land. Actually, we all...
Foggier
I’ve written several Mondays with Mom articles about fog. It seems to be the best analogy for what Mom’s mind is going through. We’ve had...
Carla’s Visit
Last week, my sister, Carla, came for her longer summer visit. She was able to stay from Tuesday through Saturday and we spent some...
Crafts
I love to do crafts. I dabble in lots of different mediums: paint, paper, wood crafts, jewelry, and more! I have enough craft supplies...
Quiet
This weekend I went to Atlanta and spent some quality time with old friends. Clarification, they are not old, we’ve just known each other...
Lunch
Mom’s breakfast menu hardly varies from day to day: maple walnut oatmeal, a protein shake, and, occasionally, a toast and jelly sandwich. Many days,...
UTI
Last week was a very difficult week with Mom. She didn’t want to walk or fully wake up. She wasn’t sleeping well either. Her...
Mondays with Mom: Strength
There are so many Bible verses on strength. None of them recommend I lean on my own strength and I am so glad. Over and...
Tough
The last three weeks have been really tough for me emotionally. I have wrestled with writing Mondays with Mom because I have felt so...
Blanks
Perhaps it is exhaustion or aging – although I’d like to think I’m not that old – but I seem to be drawing blanks...
Mary
Some days I’m not sure what to write for Mondays with Mom. I think and think all weekend, trying to find the right things...