The Rose of the Wind

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...

The family has been trying to keep me away from mom, for fear seeing me would agitate her more. I’ve been torn about it, because while of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I’m tired of writing about nothing but caregiving woecakes. This one is all about fun! Speech therapy stuff can wait till next post....

This past week has been an interesting one, with 'interesting' being like in the old Chinese curse. Mom had a 'jack in the box' night...

As promised last week, I'm going to bore you with talk about books, books, books! I love to read; it's one of the few escapes open to me...

Y'all thought I was kidding, didn't you? When I said I was going to blog about Korean beauty products, I mean. Well, I'll talk some about...

Sorry I’ve been scarce for so long! The past couple of weeks have been rough ones. My old laptop gave up the ghost so I had to sink my...

You would think that 26 years as a speech pathologist, most of it spent working with elderly patients, would have eminently qualified me...