The cost of taking care of a loved one with dementia is high. The American healthcare system is unlikely to be much help. Long term care insurance might provide the bandaid to expenses. I don’t know the cost to benefits analysis of buying this insurance; I didn’t have it. When your person gets ill, youContinue reading “Costs of care”
Category Archives: Special Memories
Pictured
There was a box I had labeled pictures. It was an activity box I had put together for Burt. Actually a box of memory for us to look at what life had been like, recently, and in our past. I opened it yesterday and left the albums out for me to peruse. There we wereContinue reading “Pictured”
Rakish
It’s a Sunday pastime of mine, going through photos, looking for the one or dozen that tickle me the most.
He was such a Fan-boy
Burt loved meeting actors. It was easily done. This is NYC, after all, and actors walk among us. My contribution was recognizing the stars. Burt did the chatting. For his 84th (surprise) birthday party, I invited two actors whose resumes crossed paths with very famous entertainers. Bob’s stories amused him, but that day he wasContinue reading “He was such a Fan-boy”
One day
Today, I met my friends for a post street fair meal at Matsui and walked home along York. At 75th Street, I detoured to the path by the FDR, the spot commemorated in the picture of Burt above. Memories stretch in all directions. I have lots of these heading every which way but this oneContinue reading “One day”
We were there
What is the best concert you have been to? The concerts we saw together, they were all magnificent because we were there. There is no best when it’s all great.
One spring day with Burt
Feels good
Pulling out some nice pieces from the dresser, I realize if its got a label, it was a gift from Burt. When I say label, I refer to name brands, like Sigrid Olsen or Jones New York. The clothes that I bought for me tend to be either unknowns or Old Navy. Burt’s gifts toContinue reading “Feels good”
