Last week seemed designed to test this home a little– and the end result saw a lost camera that I had for several years, causing me to wonder how to record the best things Donna and I get up to. I am still a hold out against smart phones and as such have no camera… Continue reading Mom and her billy kid
Tag: donna
One Big Grumble
This is a Friday, a day that Mom normally goes to her day plan. However, without a phone call or other ‘head’s up’ the HandyDart refused to carry mom today because of weakened brakes. This when I was planning to go and get them on my own today, but that is now not possible– and… Continue reading One Big Grumble
The Answer to the Coming Elder Crisis Begins at Home
I am not interested in dry economic socialism. We are fighting against misery, but we are also fighting against alienation. One of the fundamental objectives of Marxism is to remove interest, the factor of individual interest, and gain, from people’s psychological motivations. Marx was preoccupied both with economic factors and with their repercussions on the… Continue reading The Answer to the Coming Elder Crisis Begins at Home
Camp-fireside wisdom from Donna
Mom couldn’t get camping with a campfire until October, the weekend of the 7th to be exact. There are many moments from that part of our trip that mean a lot to me, but the one that truly messed with my head was strong enough to leave me a little stunned at the time and… Continue reading Camp-fireside wisdom from Donna
When Donna was interviewed about recovering from brain injuries
Donna’s life over the past 13 years has been one giant lesson in bureaucracy and the struggles of life and competence over governmental and medical incompetence. Here she was able to discuss those travails during a radio interview on brain injuries and human recovery conducted at CJSR in Edmonton.
December 10, 2016: Wonderings about wanderings
Mom has been dealing with her cognitive changes roughly the same since they began– some things she has figured out how to deal with via her new brain in better, more coherent ways, but in general she has a way of doing them more or less that started when her brain took the hit a… Continue reading December 10, 2016: Wonderings about wanderings
September 7, 2016: A common misconception about dementia
I have been trying to find different ways to express this for more than a couple of years at this point. What a person with dementia can communicate with you is not representative of what they know. What they can recall on command has no relation to how much knowledge is actually there. Perhaps for… Continue reading September 7, 2016: A common misconception about dementia
September 5, 2016: Mom attends BC Fed labour day.
I still often underestimate how much of a difference getting out into the real world– even when it is likely to involve a place that is “busy” and involves slowing down less. In this case, the weather was okay, the outdoor events was very good and the sensation of happily enjoying others company and being… Continue reading September 5, 2016: Mom attends BC Fed labour day.
June 26, 2016: Trusting in the situation
This process of deepening trust has continued along, and is in many ways the gasoline in my tank. Her deference to me as the one who gets things done– as opposed to being completely against the very concept– means the world. It is her contribution, really.
June 6, 2016: An overwhelmingly difficult week
This is one that is hard for me to re-read, I could re-immerse myself very quickly in the feelings of self-doubt, etc brought on by too many horrible convergences in the same week. Sometimes it helps to get overly philosophical, and this was one of those rants. I can see myself processing through the paragraphs.… Continue reading June 6, 2016: An overwhelmingly difficult week