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...

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!...

We have the ability to look at a bleak situation and still find something to be thankful for.

What an auspicious day! It’s my birthday! And we finally get to see Mom again, albeit with masks and social distancing. Our family...

Moving my cat Zipper reminded me how someone with Alzheimer’s might react to a planned upheaval.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

“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...

We took Simon out to a fancy restaurant to celebrate his impending 50th birthday. We had a laugh-filled evening, despite it being harder...

“To forget your birthday is…tragic,” Mom declared in a moment of clarity. We watched her bounce between unbridled joy, disbelief and even...

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...

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...

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...

“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...