A Fading Light: Chapter 19
When you’re out there on your own, after almost half a century of marriage, as I was, socializing is very complicated
Tag: Family Matters
A Fading Light: Chapter 17
I think the reason she chose me to be her confidante is obvious: I’d been a caregiver. I’d been there. I would get it
A Fading Light: Chapter 16
Once again, though, my assumption that this was the worst thing you could ever do to a loved one proved false
A Fading Light: Chapter 15
After about a year, it became clear to me that my husband belonged in a day-care program, but, of course, this was not something he’d agree to — and I knew better than to suggest ...
A Fading Light: Chapter 14
I know this sounds unbelievable. A doctor who, for a year, would advise me — a person he’d never met — over the phone about a patient he had never seen?
A Fading Light: Chapter 13
In these instances, my instinct to spare my children and grandchildren was outweighed by my desperation
A Fading Light: Chapter 12
If we’ve been fortunate enough to have been on the receiving end of kindness, we’ve got role models who have set the bar high
A Fading Light: Chapter 9
The questions I’m referring to are those that keep whirling around in our heads without any hope of resolution
A Fading Light: Chapter 8
On two separate days, a few months apart, I arrived at the facility to hear devastating news
A Fading Light: Chapter 7
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, Griefwriti ...
A Fading Light: Chapter 5
A discussion of what not to say would surely include the following question about a dementia patient: “Does he still recognize you?”
