“I just want to go home.” It is a common phrase for many people but most often it is a phrase that is heard in nursing homes and care centers. This has been what I have heard all week during my visit with my mom. Continue reading →
I knew the day was coming. Just not when. August 30, 2018 My mom did not know who I was. It’s been a very long couple of weeks for my family but the purpose of this blog post is not to make my readers feel Continue reading →
Dear Mother, Is it weird I call you Mother? I used to call you Mommy when I was little but somewhere along the way I guess I figured that that was not cool for a teenager and so I started to call you Mother just Continue reading →
Assisted living. It is not always an easy thing to admit that our loved ones need more help than we can give them. Many times it is simply not feasible to take them into our own homes as much as we would like to. I Continue reading →
As many of you know my mom had a hip replacement in late February and was in a rehabilitation / nursing home following the surgery for physical and occupational therapy. I can not say enough about Crandall Medical Center in Sebring, Ohio. It is connected Continue reading →
Coming to you live from Sebring, Ohio where I am keeping mom company as she heals from her hip replacement surgery. She is fortunate to be able to be in the rehabilitation center that is connected to Copeland Oaks – the retirement community where she Continue reading →
Last week I spent a little time with my mom. It’s been kind of a rough summer for her and I hate that. In July we helped her move from her house in the retirement community to a two bedroom apartment in “The Big House”. Continue reading →
Transitions of any kind are difficult. Transitions as a person ages are increasingly difficult. Today we are moving my 86 year old mom from a house where she lives pretty much on her own to an apartment in the “Big House” at Copeland Oaks. It Continue reading →
IT”S OCTOBER 1ST!!!!! Sorry but you you know I have to shout when it is the first of every month because it means it is time to reveal our Comments for a Cause results for the month and announce the new cause. If you are Continue reading →
Teapot Tuesday will be back next week….. September 1st! How can that possibly be? It is and of course on It’s Just Life I get all excited because it is the day I tally up the comments for the previous month and reveal our donation Continue reading →
