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The Widow Acts on Unfinished Business

August 28, 2018 Natalie Benek 4 Comments

I remember waking Aaron up on August 5th with annoying words, gentle kisses, and not so gentle prods from my…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Big Bend, cremation, widowhood

The Caregiver Finds Something That He Will Remember

March 24, 2018 llorton 12 Comments

If you have ever been on a long plane ride, say more than 12 hours, inevitably you have prepared by…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: burial, caregiving, casket, cremation, dementia, Dementia with Lewy bodies, DLB, Frontotemporal degeneration, grief, male caregiver, memory, memory loss, Parkinson's disease, PPA, Primary Progressive Aphasia

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