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Miriam Green
Mar 3, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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
Nov 25, 20204 min read
Thanks
We have the ability to look at a bleak situation and still find something to be thankful for.
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Miriam Green
Aug 26, 20203 min read
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, 20205 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20193 min read
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, 20193 min read
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, 20183 min read
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, 20183 min read
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, 20183 min read
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 22, 20173 min read
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, 20173 min read
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, 20164 min read
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, 20163 min read
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 25, 20153 min read
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, 20153 min read
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, 20153 min read
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, 20143 min read
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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