Monthly Archives: December 2012

My daughter gave her grandmother a small, very soft stuffed dog for Christmas.  She can carry it around, and the staff tells me she sleeps with it on her pillow.  Gram says it “keeps her neck warm.”  So now she … Continue reading →

Today was the first time I had taken her to church in months.  I didn’t expect it would be “worship-ful,” but since I’ve been feeling poorly for so long and the weather has been uncooperative, she missed all the Christmas … Continue reading →

I have tried to keep this blog focused on my mother, but this time I want to write a little about myself.  Bear with me.  It will be brief, and, I think, positive. Like many caregivers, I am in the … Continue reading →

It’s been a crazy time.  Both my children and their families visited with Mother here at home on two different mornings near Thanksgiving.  It had been several years since they had seen her.  It was more a picture-taking opportunity than … Continue reading →