Miriam Green
Forward Motion
Here’s the secret: Knowing that Mom could not be with us, it was easier to shut her out of my mind completely.
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Miriam Green
- Sep 25, 2019
- 4 min
A Shrinking World
It is amazing how small our worlds can shrink when we are ill—physically, emotionally, even intellectually.
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Miriam Green
- Sep 18, 2019
- 3 min
Soothing the Savage Breast
I was having a lovely time laughing and singing with Mom today. Most of what we talked about was nonsense, but she was in a relatively...
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Miriam Green
- Sep 11, 2019
- 5 min
Bed Rails
Are bed rails a hazard or are they helpful devices in a dementia ward? I’ve seen horrifying photos recently on Facebook groups of loved...
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Miriam Green
- Sep 4, 2019
- 4 min
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
- Aug 14, 2019
- 3 min
Befuddled
I understand it better now. We had a way of looking at and talking to Mom as if she were simple, as if the intelligent being who we knew...
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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 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
- Jul 24, 2019
- 4 min
Do Not Resuscitate
We had a heart-stopping conversation with the medical staff at Mom’s care facility this week. After ascertaining that Mom is doing well,...
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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
- Jul 3, 2019
- 3 min
Alzheimer's and Menopause
Why are women twice as prone to Alzheimer’s as men? That’s the question that Dr. Lisa Mosconi, Associate Director of the Alzheimer's...
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Miriam Green
- Jun 26, 2019
- 5 min
The Mystery of the Ripped Pants
Twice now in the space of a few weeks, we’ve been handed a pair of Mom’s summer pants with a big rip on the left hand side. The tear is...
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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
- Jun 12, 2019
- 3 min
Ice Cream, You Scream
With the hot summer approaching, the residents of Mom’s care facility have weekly ice cream treats at tea time. A small cup of sorbet...
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Miriam Green
- Jun 5, 2019
- 4 min
Saved by an Accordion
It has been one year since my mom was moved to her Alzheimer’s care facility, one year of searing emotional upheavals and adjusting to a...
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Miriam Green
- May 29, 2019
- 3 min
Mirror, Mirror
Mom was sitting in her usual seat when I entered the common room at her care facility. She was intently “playing” with a game matching...
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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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