I flew to London for four days last week to see my family there, most significantly my mom’s sister Barbara. Barbara was given three...

In honor of Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) that starts this evening, this blog is dedicated to my Dutch family members who did not...

What a wonderful visit I had with Mom last week! It was her birthday on March 1, and I finally got to see her after about a two-month...

Omicron has reduced us to one visit a week at Mom’s memory care facility, and I’ve been encouraging my dad to be the weekly visitor. I...

Stringent COVID restrictions are returning to Mom’s care center. With the world-wide numbers of Omicron infections escalating daily, I’m...

When I visited Mom this week, I wanted so badly to tell her about the new version of West Side Story. Under different circumstances, we’d...

This blog was recenlty published on the Alzheimer's Association website. Chanukah has always been a symbol of finding light within the...

I’ve been going every Friday for the past few months to see Mom at her care facility. Perhaps because there’s a relaxed atmosphere...

Its birthday-anniversary season in our family. First my birthday on August 26, then remembering my grandmother on her birthday on August...

Twice now in recent weeks I have missed my scheduled visit with Mom. I feel awful that she has somehow disappeared from the front of my...

Last week I visited Mom by myself because my dad was home with a bad cold and cough. Mom and I had a blast talking and laughing together,...

I should be writing about how visiting Mom has its ups and downs but we see her every week, hold hands, hug her when the staff isn’t...

I never thought I’d get to the point where I could let go of the guilt of putting Mom in a care facility. I feel so grateful to the staff...

During the latest 11-day skirmish with Hamas, we were allowed to visit Mom with the knowledge that if a siren sounded, my dad and I were...

We are finally home in Israel after a two week visit to my in-laws in Maryland. We came home to the new reality of hundreds of rockets...

Mom’s teeth are not doing well. It’s hard to tell just by looking what’s going on with them, especially as Mom won’t willingly open her...

What a difference a good mood makes! Mom was almost dancing as she came towards us with her walker, her feet moving to some beat she was...

I can’t believe the Passover holiday is already so far behind us. It feels like a wonderful, warm memory. Mom couldn’t be at the Seder...

We’re back on for in-person visits with Mom, thank goodness, but not yet mask-less. Israel is in an enviable position with a large...

We’re back to visiting with Mom by video call after another worker tested positive, although the residents at Mom’s Alzheimer’s care...