Miriam Green
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
- Aug 21, 2019
- 3 min
Dancing Through Life
My sweet, beautiful, lively mother has forgotten how to walk. This is the second time in a month that Mom is on antibiotics. If something...
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Miriam Green
- Jul 31, 2019
- 4 min
Frailty
One of the residents in Mom’s facility fell last week and broke her arm. Her eye is horribly bruised, and she must now be helped with...
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Miriam Green
- Feb 6, 2019
- 4 min
Advocacy
When I saw Mom on Friday, I came home sad and depressed. Mom had a bad cold, and it was clearly affecting her abilities. When we pulled...
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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
- Nov 21, 2018
- 4 min
Simon Says
How quickly I go from elation to despair—from reveling in my brother Simon’s impromptu three-day visit to anguishing over the person most...
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Miriam Green
- Aug 14, 2018
- 3 min
Are You My Mother?
How does the little bird in P.D. Eastman’s classic book, Are You My Mother? know who his mother is? The bird intuits that only his mother...
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Miriam Green
- Jun 13, 2018
- 4 min
A Deep, Deep Place
The first time I visited her, I wanted to burst into tears. I could not believe that this stooped, drowsy woman smelling of urine was my...
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Miriam Green
- Jan 24, 2018
- 3 min
Gutter Talk
“You’re only fit for the gutter, you are,” she angrily spat at me. It hurts to hear her talk like that. I know my mom would never say...
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Miriam Green
- Mar 22, 2017
- 5 min
Funny Face
“Mom has been very belligerent this morning,” Daddy told me on the phone. I was on the last leg of my journey to their apartment, having...
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Miriam Green
- Dec 2, 2015
- 4 min
The Shoe Must Go On
Mom’s walking has become problematic. Her stride has shortened, and she seems to shuffle as she walks, scraping her feet against the...
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Miriam Green
- Oct 21, 2015
- 3 min
Walking on Sunshine
I’m worried about Mom’s legs. We were out for about two hours and by the time we started walking home, mom was complaining about pains in...
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Miriam Green
- Feb 17, 2015
- 3 min
Walking in the Rain
Mom and I walked in the rain today. It was a light rain, and as we ambled along, we sang rain songs. It felt good to be out, and when we...
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