Miriam Green
A Beautiful Morning
I finally saw Mom this week. It was such a pleasure to see her happy and smiling. She talked a mile a minute for about twenty minutes....
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Miriam Green
- Nov 25, 2020
- 4 min
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
- Nov 18, 2020
- 3 min
Hands Off
Now that my dad is over his cold, we’ve scheduled a visit at week’s end for him to see Mom. She continues to have periods of extreme...
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Miriam Green
- Sep 2, 2020
- 3 min
The Red Zone
Round two of worries to contend with. Two residents at Mom’s care facility have been taken to hospital after contracting COVID-19; four...
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Miriam Green
- Aug 19, 2020
- 4 min
The Gift of Giving
I don’t know if it’s only the pandemic that is making my emotions ride the big roller coasters—taking me up and down on the ride of my...
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Miriam Green
- Jul 29, 2020
- 3 min
Dislocation
We were gifted a rare interaction with Mom this week. When we called to video conference, Mom was alert and communicative. Though she...
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Miriam Green
- May 13, 2020
- 3 min
Visitation
The terms of visitation sound like they’re straight out of a horror movie.
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Miriam Green
- Apr 1, 2020
- 3 min
Conversation in the Time of Corona
We are no longer surprised by her absence—we know she cannot be home with us—but we miss her nonetheless.
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Miriam Green
- Mar 25, 2020
- 3 min
Opening Virtual Windows
It’s important to put our Corona pandemic into perspective. We are not being persecuted. We have enough food.
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Miriam Green
- Mar 18, 2020
- 3 min
Oatmeal Corona Muffins
If I try and look at the positives, I can find them.
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Miriam Green
- Mar 11, 2020
- 3 min
Alzheimer's and Corona
The combination of age and close living quarters in geriatric facilities creates opportunity for the virus to spread.
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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
- Jan 15, 2020
- 4 min
Leaving Home
Mom is no longer in our orbit of care. Neither I nor my father—who still visits her everyday—can know what befalls her during her day.
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Miriam Green
- Sep 4, 2019
- 4 min
You Can't Go Home Again
I spent an emotional day in the Israeli coastal town of Netanya on Sunday, reading from my book, The Lost Kitchen, and talking to my...
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Miriam Green
- Jul 10, 2019
- 3 min
Love
My mom seemed sluggish today during our visit: eyes half closed, a slurring of words. “I used to love you,” she said, part of her almost...
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Miriam Green
- Dec 26, 2018
- 4 min
Stasis
Sometimes, standing still is a good thing. Mom seems to be in a holding pattern in her new Alzheimer’s ward. She exhibits a wide range of...
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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
- Jul 4, 2018
- 4 min
A Movable Feast
This is what I tell myself: Don’t get upset, it’s not worth it. This is just Mom’s way. If you are frustrated, don’t let her know it. If...
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Miriam Green
- Jun 6, 2018
- 4 min
Home
It happened as I knew it would. The second day into my two-week trip abroad, Mom was moved into a closed Alzheimer’s ward. Despite being...
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Miriam Green
- Feb 14, 2018
- 3 min
A Walk to Remember
I was proud of myself today for bringing Mom home from the mall with absolutely no displays of anger. It was an intense effort to be with...
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