The Rose of the Wind

Drive-by to update. Things are going as well as can be expected. I ran around like a nut the rest of the week after mom passed, and on...

Wow. I just read the last update I posted. Last Saturday, wasn’t it? It feels like a year ago or more. I have to sit down and really...

Last night made two years since the first time mom didn’t recognize me. Roughly, anyway. I don’t remember the exact date, but it was...

Quick blog post to keep my promise and share a bit of the book I'm working on! This is from the first chapter. To set-up: Kirby is an...

Just a quick drive-by to say hello and share a couple of things! Did you watch the royal wedding last weekend? Yes, I did. Please, nobody...

I talked with the psych unit’s social worker last Thursday. She said Place K had sent a nurse out to evaluate mom, and they were deciding...

I’m still having these weird mood swings. Friday I got to go to the local flea market for the first time in several years…and spend all...

When I last left you, dear readers, my head was spinning from mom’s transfers and travels, and I had been admonished to get out of town...

Operation Place K is moving along. I had a brief but intense freak-out on Monday when I called mom’s doctors to make sure they were...

Okay, I did it. After my last blog post, I called and set up an appointment for a nurse from Place K to come and evaluate mom for memory...

Place K was as nice as I remember it being; very clean and neat, with pleasant staff who interact well with the residents. The lobby’s...

Not much to report this go-round. Group home visit cancelled; mom’s sitter was sick again, poor thing. So it’s been another week with...

I’m very excited and very nervous. On Monday a lovely lady named Tara came from WholeCare to evaluate mom. She spent a good couple of...

So. Christmas was… better than I hoped, not especially good, but not as bad as it could have been. How’s that for damning with faint...

I’m rather disappointed in myself. Mom had an excellent part-of-the-day yesterday. She woke me bringing me a drink of water, took herself...

Mom was being rather introspective earlier today. Still confused as heck, but introspective. She was asking questions like "Do I do...

Me again! Here's a quick follow up to yesterday's post, which I thought y'all would appreciate. Last night and today I've been browsing...

This post may be a bit ragged, as I am feeling that way today. Mom had a rough night most of last night, arguing about her pills, which...