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Miriam Green
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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
Dec 30, 20203 min read
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 18, 20203 min read
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
Nov 11, 20203 min read
Complicated Liaison
I had a wonderful visit with Mom today. I really did. She was awake and enlivened. She asked who I was when she first saw me then...
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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
Aug 7, 20192 min read
Literally
The funny thing about talking to someone with Alzheimer’s is that you never know where the conversation will end up. My husband Jeff and...
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Miriam Green
Jul 17, 20194 min read
Limitations
We lost a friend to cancer this week. She was my mother’s age. I visited her a few hours before she died, and it was clear that she had...
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Miriam Green
Jul 10, 20193 min read
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
Jun 19, 20193 min read
Core Family
We were sitting together, the four of us, our core family: my brother Simon visiting from California, my parents, and me. It gave me the...
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Miriam Green
May 22, 20193 min read
Still Here
When my dad is away, as he is this week, I try to visit my mom each day, even if only for a short while, so that I can verify with my own...
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Miriam Green
May 15, 20195 min read
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
Apr 17, 20193 min read
Bread of Affliction
The holiday of Passover starts this week. But Alzheimer's sufferers will not recognize that Friday night will be different from all other...
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Miriam Green
Apr 3, 20193 min read
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
Mar 27, 20193 min read
Where Are You?
It happened unexpectedly, a feeling I did not anticipate, a depression as I walked away from Mom’s residence. For the first time in a...
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Miriam Green
Mar 13, 20193 min read
Vacation
My dad is on vacation. He is, as I write, in California with my brother Simon. I am so proud of him for taking this opportunity to live...
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Miriam Green
Dec 19, 20183 min read
Short but Sweet
It’s taken me a good while to figure out and accept that my best visits with Mom are fleeting—short, intense half-hour “dates” that allow...
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Miriam Green
Aug 1, 20183 min read
Wings to the Mind
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” ― Plato Music truly animates...
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Miriam Green
Oct 26, 20165 min read
There's No Place Like Home
When my dad was away in September, in my naiveté, I thought it would be easy to drive Mom and myself and her caregiver Sahlee to my home...
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Miriam Green
Jul 15, 20153 min read
Why I Visit
Early warnings of Mom’s Alzheimer’s were present long before she was diagnosed. There were always strange incidents where Mom seemed...
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Miriam Green
Sep 3, 20143 min read
More Humus, Less Hamas
Sometimes, life can be so simple. When Mom and Daddy came to visit me this week, it was all about being together. All my errands,...
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