It is not my intent for this blog to be a bummer for those who read it, but I think that it is something that all of us will face or have faced in our lives. My Mom is eighty-nine and she is now beginning to show signs of dementia. Writing is my way of dealing with Mom as she is now and at the same time remembering the Mom I knew as I was growing up. Perhaps this blog is a way that I can celebrate and share my Mom's life with others.
The past couple of days have been both harrowing, frustrating and inspiring. What is happening to Mom, what does she really want to do with the rest of her life? Right now she has not been able to communicate very much. She has been in the hospital, on oxygen and not interested in food for two days. All of a sudden she asks for soda. Her grand-daughter carefully feeds her the soda with a plastic spoon and wipes her mouth. The process itself looked like a Mother feeding her small child. It looked like a task that Mom must have done repeatedly for her three daughters over the years. Sher remarked how great it tasted. A simple remark such as this one gives us a glimmer of hope about the possibility of Mom's recovery.
This blog is composed of the ongoing musings of a Texas born boomer who like the rest of the human race is privileged enough to face life's everyday joys and challenges. It is hoped that my thoughts and experiences can help others understand that through writing they,too, can develop an understanding of themselves and that they are not alone when they hit those unexpected bumps in the road of life.
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About Me
- texasborn
- SAN FRANCISCO, CA, United States
- Known to one of my dear friends as "Nacogdoches Nan" I now reside in San Francisco. I am a lover of good books, classical and country western music.I am an educator who is constantly learning new things from my students. The blog is an effort on my own part to catapult myself into the world of creative writing and technology.
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