Miriam Green
The Red Bag
I try hard not to treat my mother as if she were my child. When my dad asked her how old she was, Mom first said 12, then 17. It is safe...
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Miriam Green
- Mar 23, 2016
- 3 min
Disney Magic
I recently watched the Disney movie Frozen with my mom. I’d seen it several times before with my own kids, so I was curious as to how Mom...
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Miriam Green
- Mar 16, 2016
- 3 min
Discomfort
The hardest aspect of growing old or being sick is recognizing our limitations. What we could do yesterday we may not be able to do...
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Miriam Green
- Mar 9, 2016
- 3 min
The Evil of Cell Phones
I blame myself. I blame my cell phone. These phones suck us in and divert our attention. That's why I missed Mom when she came out of the...
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Miriam Green
- Mar 2, 2016
- 3 min
Birthday Wishes
“To forget your birthday is…tragic,” Mom declared in a moment of clarity. We watched her bounce between unbridled joy, disbelief and even...
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Miriam Green
- Feb 25, 2016
- 3 min
Multi, Multi Things
We are standing in the middle of the mall and we have a half hour to spend before my father picks us up. Mom is agitated. She wants to be...
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Miriam Green
- Feb 17, 2016
- 3 min
Good Day Sunshine
We seem to have turned a corner. Mom has finished her course of antibiotics, and is doing much better. She was more her positive self and...
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Miriam Green
- Feb 10, 2016
- 3 min
Human Decency
Two weeks since I last wrote and my mom is still ill. She has a urinary tract infection that won't go away. She's been on three types of...
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Miriam Green
- Jan 20, 2016
- 4 min
The Rain's Kindness
How naïve I was to think I could weather this devastation that is Alzheimer’s and maintain my wits. Mom is disintegrating before my very...
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Miriam Green
- Jan 13, 2016
- 3 min
Catching Cold
Mom is running a fever and has a cold. Pretty common in winter. In fact, I’m nursing a bad cold, too. It seems that not even the flu...
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Miriam Green
- Jan 6, 2016
- 3 min
Zing
“Was I there, too?” Mom asks as my dad tells us about a concert they attended Monday night. “Of course,” he responds. “I don’t remember,”...
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Miriam Green
- Dec 30, 2015
- 3 min
See You Next Year
“See you next year,” Mom would say as she tucked us in on December 31. Implied was the promise of something new, an optimism about the...
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Miriam Green
- Dec 23, 2015
- 4 min
Home Sweet Home
It’s official! My parents now own a property just down the lane from me. Though we only live 90 minutes apart by car (or 2½ hours by...
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Miriam Green
- Dec 16, 2015
- 3 min
Confusion
“This mirror looks like me,” Mom exclaimed. We were in a café with my dad. “It does, doesn’t it?” I answered, as Daddy and I exchanged...
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Miriam Green
- Dec 9, 2015
- 3 min
Light the Darkness that is Alzheimer's
“I don’t know if I’m lost or not,” Mom said as walked in the city. We were holding hands, the sun gracing us with warmth, the sheltering...
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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
- Nov 25, 2015
- 3 min
Chez Cohen Nail Salon
Here’s the hard part about visiting my parents once a week: my children have needs, too. I am a typical member of the sandwich...
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Miriam Green
- Nov 18, 2015
- 3 min
Finding the Blessings
I was privileged to hear about research that a friend, Yifat Miller, is involved in at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev that tracks the...
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Miriam Green
- Nov 11, 2015
- 4 min
The Future is Still in Our Hands
Coming home from a trip abroad is like slipping into your most comfortable pair of shoes. It feels natural. It feels good. Today, one day...
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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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