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A sketch of our day in and day out with Alzheimer’s disease

Vignettes
Some thoughts from May 2012

I have often described myself, the dementia-world caregiver, to be “living within dying,” though I wonder now whether it is truly possible to both come and go from existence at the same…

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October 20, 2015 by elizabethgracewolf
Vignettes
Texture

Momma is curled up on her side in the bed, still wearing the pink blouse Tracy dressed her in yesterday morning. There is a wide circle of chicken broth stained to her…

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October 19, 2015 by elizabethgracewolf
Vignettes
A Memory from May 2013

A magic white pill and the morning slips by. I sleep until he does, on the couch, within earshot. When his feet hit the kitchen, I wake. “It’s 10:00!” he exclaims, staring…

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October 15, 2015 by elizabethgracewolf
Vignettes
A Memory from April 2013

I often take Momma to the grocery store with me or for walks around the neighborhood. She gravitates toward every living thing that mirrors her own exuberance – babies & children, neighbors…

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October 15, 2015 by elizabethgracewolf