It has been almost three years since my brothers and I brought my mother to her nursing home. As expected, in that time, she has greatly deteriorated.… Read more “Living the Dream”
Tag: alzheimer’s disease
Telling my grandmother I’m pregnant, again for the first time
“Gena, do you have something to tellllll meeeeee?” my grandmother asks through the phone, drawing out the end of the sentence as if to tease me. Of… Read more “Telling my grandmother I’m pregnant, again for the first time”
Like Mother, Like Daughters
My Mom My mother was born and raised in a small town in Sicily. The oldest of six children, she developed her mothering skills early on as… Read more “Like Mother, Like Daughters”
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