Writing is a way to feel some small sense of control over our lives in those circumstances. When I wrote in my journal, worked on a memoir, and then published my novel, Griefwriting, I felt that, at long last, I was in charge of something
There would be no Zumba classes for me. I definitely was not going to join a senior citizens’ center
A discussion of what not to say would surely include the following question about a dementia patient: “Does he still recognize you?”
Calamity is the surest test of friendship, and from its onset sets in motion a nearly foolproof process of discovering who your true friends are
Over time, I took over all the tasks my husband z”l had been in charge of, jobs for which I had little aptitude and that I had avoided all my life
G rief is an emotion familiar to most of us, and is generally thought to follow the death of a loved one. But grief can also be experienced before a death and, in the case of long-term caregivers, can go on for months or even years as we suffer multiple losses — the decline of our
