Miriam Green
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
- May 8, 2019
- 3 min
A Happy Unbirthday
It is hard to write and post a blog on this heavy Memorial Day in Israel. We remember the 23,741 souls who have fallen in wars and in...
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Miriam Green
- May 1, 2019
- 4 min
The Kindness of Death
Sometimes death is a kindness. That’s what I was thinking when my dad and I attended the funeral of a gentle soul who had been battling...
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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 10, 2019
- 3 min
Drink, Drink, Drink
It amazes me how easy it is to manipulate Mom by using her Alzheimer’s. I rely on her non-existent memory to help her do things I want...
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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 20, 2019
- 4 min
Nutritional Drinks
Many hospitals and senior care facilities give supplemental nutrition drinks to their patients or residents. These drinks typically...
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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
- Mar 6, 2019
- 3 min
Time Bandit
Sometimes there are large billboards on the side of the road that seem to scream out at you as you drive by. I felt I was passing one...
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Miriam Green
- Feb 20, 2019
- 4 min
Jealousy
I got annoyed with Mom today. Not for what she was doing, but because I wanted something from her. I wanted her to pay attention to me....
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Miriam Green
- Feb 13, 2019
- 3 min
Blogaversary!
This week marks the 5th anniversary of my blog, The Lost Kitchen, which features the ups and downs of caring for my mom who has...
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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
- Jan 30, 2019
- 3 min
Four Generations
When my son and his family came for the weekend, we were able to visit Mom for about a half hour before Shabbat came in. Roi, who is 2½,...
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Miriam Green
- Jan 23, 2019
- 3 min
Music, Food of Love
There are some days when I feel my mom so intensely, it is uncanny. Today was such a day. I woke up in a bad mood, as if the wind and...
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Miriam Green
- Jan 16, 2019
- 3 min
Activity Blanket
Mom was so delighted to see my dad today. It was as if her grey existence suddenly became bright, as if she knew she was missing...
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Miriam Green
- Jan 9, 2019
- 3 min
Impersonation
I have been impersonating my mom to pay my parents’ credit card bills, sort out the cable provider, turn down business solicitations,...
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Miriam Green
- Jan 2, 2019
- 3 min
2018 in Review
Mom took my cold hand in her palm and started rubbing it. “You’re so cold,” she said. “I just came in from outside,” I told her. I...
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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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