days without a job

Over a period of about four weeks, I watched my mother die. I don’t wish this upon anyone, but I understand a lot of us have gone through this. I was lucky (if such a word can be used) that her suffering ‘only’ lasted a few weeks. The hardest was knowing that she was aware […]

however, there are funny moments even in the most dire of situations; one of the nurse’s aides who takes care of my mother talks incessantly; while she was garrulously washing up mom, I leaned down very close to my mother’s ear and said “boy she talks a lot” and mom responded a hearty and strong […]

within ten days my mother suffered a hemorrhagic stroke, followed by three ischemic strokes; before this she was an articulate, intelligent, active 81 year old tennis player and bridge shark; the strokes left her blind, almost speechless and paralyzed except for her right hand; the cruelty and desperation for all is that she awoke from […]