Miriam Green
Happy Birthday, Mom
I got my hug! My dad, my daughter and I were given permission to celebrate Mom’s birthday with her up close and personal! We donned...
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Miriam Green
- Feb 17, 2021
- 3 min
Visits Reinstated
We received a surprise message from Mom’s care facility late last week that they were reinstating visits. My dad and I were so excited!...
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Miriam Green
- Aug 26, 2020
- 3 min
String of Pearls
What an auspicious day! It’s my birthday! And we finally get to see Mom again, albeit with masks and social distancing. Our family...
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Miriam Green
- Feb 26, 2020
- 5 min
Lessons From My Cat
Moving my cat Zipper reminded me how someone with Alzheimer’s might react to a planned upheaval.
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Miriam Green
- Feb 19, 2020
- 3 min
An Unbirthday Card
When I started sorting papers and things that have been sitting in my bedside table, I came across a stack of birthday cards that my...
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Miriam Green
- May 8, 2019
- 3 min
A Happy Unbirthday
It is hard to write and post a blog on this heavy Memorial Day in Israel. We remember the 23,741 souls who have fallen in wars and in...
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Miriam Green
- Mar 6, 2019
- 3 min
Time Bandit
Sometimes there are large billboards on the side of the road that seem to scream out at you as you drive by. I felt I was passing one...
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Miriam Green
- Aug 30, 2018
- 3 min
Compartmentalization
Finding happiness in the little things is something that I work at. It doesn’t necessarily come naturally when it relates to Mom. It is...
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Miriam Green
- Aug 22, 2018
- 3 min
Downward Staircase
My brother Simon is arriving this Friday for a two-week visit! I am so excited to see him, and also a little trepidatious—he has not seen...
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Miriam Green
- Feb 28, 2018
- 3 min
The Right Path
Sometimes I feel so tired and overwhelmed by the enormity of caring and loving my mom. I try hard not to show it when I’m with her,...
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Miriam Green
- Aug 23, 2017
- 3 min
Forward Motion
In the middle of my short vacation with my family I suddenly remembered that I’d been writing a letter for my dad in Hebrew to explain...
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Miriam Green
- Mar 1, 2017
- 3 min
76 Trombones
“It’s your birthday today,” I told Mom. “It’s my birthday?” she asked innocently. “We’ll have to have a party.” We’d already come back...
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Miriam Green
- Nov 16, 2016
- 4 min
I See the Moon
We took Simon out to a fancy restaurant to celebrate his impending 50th birthday. We had a laugh-filled evening, despite it being harder...
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Miriam Green
- Mar 2, 2016
- 3 min
Birthday Wishes
“To forget your birthday is…tragic,” Mom declared in a moment of clarity. We watched her bounce between unbridled joy, disbelief and even...
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Miriam Green
- Aug 26, 2015
- 3 min
Birthday Blues (and Greens)
I had an “aha” moment this week, an epiphany produced by the videos my brother Simon found and transfered to the computer from 1966. When...
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Miriam Green
- Mar 11, 2015
- 3 min
Fear and Loathing
When I presented Mom with her birthday present, I couldn’t get my phone to record her reaction. The present was a big frame with eight...
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Miriam Green
- Feb 25, 2015
- 3 min
Happy Birthday, Mom
What should we give Mom as a birthday present? What would she appreciate? My dad is taking her to a local production of Fiddler on the...
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Miriam Green
- Aug 27, 2014
- 3 min
Birthday Shakshuka
“It’s my birthday,” I told Mom. “It is?” she asked. “Why didn’t you tell me? How old are you?” When I told her I was turning 50, she...
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