Estrangement is a double edged sword and anyway you hold it, be careful because you arelikely to get hurt. Family Read, if you will, the reblogged post that speaks of a birthday celebration that took place in 2001, the year our estranged granddaughter turned 13 (pre-estrangement), just days after the 9 11 attacks. It’s aboutContinue reading “Family”
Category Archives: making memories
Good fortune
What’s a chapter of your life you’d title “The Hard Years” — and what got you through it? The obvious answer would be the journey I took with Burt once he was diagnosed with Lewy Body. The journey, as it turns out, had so many positives. It brought out a side of me I hadn’tContinue reading “Good fortune”
Forever
What’s a moment you wish you could freeze and live in forever? Sunday, May 3rd marked the 36th year since we met. The moments we spent together on that day are frozen in my memory. On that evening, we had wandered the city from West 21st Street to a restaurant at 50th and 1st Avenue.Continue reading “Forever”
Burt and I always were goers before his dementia stopped us in our tracks. Lately, my lament has been that we should have done more during his decline. Gone to dinner, taken more walks. In part, this is a wish, that if we did more, we could’ve made more memories. I’ve mentioned his expressed desireContinue reading
Sweet Dreams of You
Recalling my dreams is unusual for me. In fact, I generally awake certain for sure I did not have a dream. I am told that that is not possible. People dream, I hear. The other morning I awoke to the end of a dream, disappointed that Burt was not sitting next to me. The dream was,Continue reading “Sweet Dreams of You”
