I spent the first several months in a strange, awful daze. Never mind the problems I had never dealt with– incontinence, non-delerium confusion, attempts to navigate her own neighbourhood falling apart– but she was also leaving me as a person who would have either insight or a leading role in answering historical family questions. I… Continue reading December 4, 2014: Mom comes home from a hospital visit
Category: 4. Facebook Moments 2014
Over the time since Donna returned home I have often mused on what I was going through, positively and negatively so. Here’s some snapshots of these posts, with a more recent reflection on what was happening then, with the addition of time spent together since. These few posts are from the very beginning of life living with Donna and Donna’s Lessons.
November 14, 2014: Mom has been home for two weeks
In this time and place, Mom was going through extreme difficulties in making the transition from living mostly independently in the Retirement Residence called the Mullberry. Owing to escalating cognitive problems– as well as a manager that had been hired and proceeded over a few months to evict several elders, harass a few others into… Continue reading November 14, 2014: Mom has been home for two weeks
October 27, 2014: Mom is coming home
This was the first time I spoke publicly about Mom moving back into her apartment with me on Halloween 2014. A few months prior neither of us would have imagined this, it was almost as if it were an accident by divine purpose. I had plans to go to Venezuela for some months and was… Continue reading October 27, 2014: Mom is coming home