A few weeks ago I attended a funeral for a man I never met. His wife was a colleague. The evocative portrait drawn by his children and grandchildren brought me to tears...
As she got sicker and more vulnerable over the last two years and especially when the curtain truly fell for her during her last 2 months, the mother daughter role finally changed...
The questions on the new and improved DNR have highlighted our ignorance with regard to life-sustaining options for Mom. Apparently, there are degrees, or levels......
We sat together on the hill, watching the road carefully and listening intently for the sirens of the ambulance that was coming to make our mom better....
Call? Email? Send a card? Visit? Take them out? Now? Later? Reach out? Let them be? I lost my husband in an instant in January, 2016 and here are two things I want to share...
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I'm an emotional person anyway, but this one really hit me. Â This piece, which my daughter sent to me the other day with the caveat "this is very sad," really r...
