Author Archives: Yesterday, a long time ago, he gave her flowers, from the florist. He sent them to her home, and her work. Now and then, he bought, and brought, them himself. Later, sometime after yesterday, they bought a house together, he made her gardens of luscious flowers with scents of love filling their home. […]  When Joe is visiting he hears me getting coffee ready before Tom is up. It’s early. Sometimes I don’t hear him come downstairs. I jump when he suddenly appears in the kitchen. He gets a kick out of it. Over Christmas when he was here I asked him if he wanted to see sunrise with […] Ten years ago I was at the beginning of the last semester I would teach face-to-face. Tom was diagnosed two years earlier with ALS. The lifespan from diagnosis is considered to be two to five years. Time was clicking. We needed to make decisions for what the rest of that time looked like for him, […]  The month of November is National Caregiver Month. There are over 53 million people caring for family, friends, and neighbors. They come from all walks of life. The kind of care they provide can be as basic as dropping off groceries once a week to 24-hour care. The 2021 theme this year is “Caregiving Around […]  Two things can be true at the same time. It’s raining yet the sun is shining its beautiful self. One can be frail and not broken. One can be resilient yet soft. One can have melancholy while filled with gratitude. One might be young yet seem old. One might be old but seem young. One […] |
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