Getting ready for Passover is always time consuming and stressful. Not only do we clean the dickens out of our houses, but we use special...

I've been playing brain games on my smart phone, mainly to keep myself occupied while I'm traveling. They are so easy to download. I...

“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...

She sounded so…normal on the phone. “We’d love to come visit you!” Of course, the moment I opened the door to my house to invite my...

The tagline for the book Elizabeth is Missing* is: “How do you solve a mystery when you can’t remember the clues?” This first novel by...

“It’s your birthday today,” I told Mom. “It’s my birthday?” she asked innocently. “We’ll have to have a party.” We’d already come back...

I am writing to you from sunny Kiryat Atta, home to my son and daughter-in-law, and of course, our sweet 8-month-old grandson Roi. My...

We walked around the mall today for about 3 hours window shopping as the rain fell outside. When we stopped for coffee, we bumped into...

Here’s a new one. Mom absolutely refused to open her mouth when she brushed her teeth. She stood in the bathroom brushing the outside of...

When Mom and I took a short walk to the grocery store and back, she was hesitant about where we were walking. She literally recognized...

My dad got it right when he said about my grandmother: “Millie was someone who left an indelible mark on all those who met her and we...

If you had asked me how life was yesterday, I would have written about the quiet day we had in paradise. Mom and I sang songs, drank...

We’ve passed the winter solstice but the days are still short and darkness descends all too soon. There is a midrash that tells the story...

Liza Futerman is a friend and writer who has published a stunning monograph about her mother’s Alzheimer’s. Illustrated with passion and...

“Everything is weird. I feel like a weird person,” Mom said when she woke up from her nap. “My brain’s not functioning.” I have heard Mom...

My mom’s instinct for social interaction is incredibly strong. When we are out on the streets of the city, we often pause in our rambling...

We tried unsuccessfully to take Mom’s rings off today. In addition to her wedding and engagement ring, Mom wears four other rings, each...

“Hello, who’s this?” Mom asks suspiciously. “Hi, Mom,” I reply as distinctly as I can. “It’s your daughter, Miriam.” Talking on the phone...

I stand at our meeting place waiting for Mom and her caregiver Sahlee and watch people walking down the path towards me. From far away,...

The day my brother Simon left, Mom threw a temper tantrum when she and my dad were out enjoying an afternoon stroll. She used the foulest...