Miriam Green
Clothes Make the Woman
The difficulty of sorting through and parting with my mom's clothes.
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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
- Apr 3, 2019
- 3 min
Out of the Closet
I finally saw Mom today after three days of being sick. I had stayed away because I didn’t want her to catch my cold. I think of her as...
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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
- 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
- Oct 18, 2017
- 3 min
Too Much Synagogue
Each time I walk Mom home from synagogue and see her safely to her door, I am tinged with sadness. I know I’m doing the right thing by...
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Miriam Green
- Jul 6, 2016
- 3 min
Planning A Good Death
Many of my friends are taking on the responsibility of caring for their elderly parents. We all go through the same process of realizing...
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Miriam Green
- May 20, 2015
- 4 min
Eternally Shopping
I’m not going to remind Mom that her father’s yartzeit, the anniversary of his death, is coming up. He died 17 years ago just before the...
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