Miriam Green
Goodbye and Hello
It’s not a matter of how many goodbyes we have left, but how many hellos
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Miriam Green
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Miriam Green
- May 15, 2019
- 5 min
Time in a Bottle
Recently, I’ve been struggling with the notion of time. How do I divide my time when my loved one is in an institution? Is there any...
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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
- Jan 16, 2019
- 3 min
Activity Blanket
Mom was so delighted to see my dad today. It was as if her grey existence suddenly became bright, as if she knew she was missing...
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Miriam Green
- Oct 25, 2017
- 4 min
Incalcitrance
I don’t have patience for this, I thought as I listened to the woman on the phone. As part of my job, I sometimes answer a hotline for...
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Miriam Green
- Jun 29, 2016
- 3 min
A Circumscribed Life
Whenever I’m with my extended family at an event, I always feel torn between my sense of responsibility and my desire to enjoy myself....
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Miriam Green
- Jun 15, 2016
- 3 min
Recognition
Mom doesn't seem so excited to see me this morning. When I knock on the door, I hear my dad tell her a surprise visitor is arriving. And...
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Miriam Green
- Sep 16, 2015
- 4 min
Time On My Hands
Mom’s watch is missing. The digital gold-plated watch she got from her sister as a birthday present a few years ago. Gone. We’ve looked...
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Miriam Green
- Mar 18, 2015
- 4 min
Time
How do we mark the passage of time? Yes, there is the calendar with its cycle of seasons, holidays, and birthdays. And yes, we are by...
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Miriam Green
- May 28, 2014
- 3 min
Sons and Mothers
It startles me every time, the way Mom can’t keep in mind what is right in front of her. Last night we went to my son’s army swearing-in...
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