Miriam Green
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, 2020
- 3 min
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 11, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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, 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
- Jun 19, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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, 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
- Apr 17, 2019
- 3 min
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, 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
- Mar 27, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2016
- 5 min
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, 2015
- 3 min
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, 2014
- 3 min
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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