Shirley’s mom

I had put out a call for “mother stories” around Mother’s Day and Shirley McClure responded with a story below. Thanks Shirley!
I remember being with my mom before I went to kindergarten and her teaching me how to write my name and a few other things that were about numbers. She spent time with me [...]

Invitation to write a story about your mother

Since Mother’s Day is coming up, maybe you are thinking about your mom like I am.
I’d like to invite you to write a story, an experience about your mother. It could be a story you heard or an interaction you had with her. Anything really that you would like to share. You could add it [...]

Memories and Reality

Recently I have been living in some old memories, before Alzheimer’s disease descended upon my mother and my family. I remember how she used to smile and chat while we discussed my job, my home, or my nieces. Sometimes we sat in our patio in shorts and zori and then we would stroll out to look [...]

the road we travel

 
Our road trip first brings us to Reno to see my brother’s family and my parents. My mom is better is some ways, able to sit in a wheel chair and get out of bed, but in other ways not great – she is not interacting much. My father feeds her 3 meals a day [...]

whirlpool of life

I was just starting to feel as if I could sit back and relax after finishing the installation of our art show “What Was She Thinking?”, when I got the call last night from my brother that my mother was in the hospital. I had had a bad dream about her the night before, so [...]