While caring for my wife during the last 4 years of her life (she suffered from Primary Progressive Aphasia) I…
I am two people. Within days after May 8th of this year when my wife died, I began thinking of…
I don’t think I could be a columnist, putting out a column every day, I just don’t have that tenacity.…
We are clearly in the last days. She sleeps 95% of the time and when she does open her eyes,…
The Greek philosopher, Socrates, is held to be the originator of the statement that ‘the unexamined life is not worth…
Satchel Paige, the famous pitcher, said, ‘Don’t look back, something might be gaining on you.’ As a caregiver I try…
It is interesting to me that I experience emotions in a sort of physical or physiologic manner. The way my…
It is ironic that, as my wife gets worse, as her disease progresses, my life becomes less time-stressed. This ‘new…
If you have ever been on a long plane ride, say more than 12 hours, inevitably you have prepared by…
As my wife slept in her new bedroom, this week I began going through the almost four decades of paper…
Psychologists use mice to test all sorts of theories about conditioning, learned behavior and stress. One specific one (that I…
I am very well prepared for material problems. Whenever I believe I see something unpleasant about to happen, I look…
The pain of seeing my wife deteriorate and knowing that today will always be better than tomorrow is sometimes almost…
There are very few times in my life , perhaps only two, that I have been faced with terrifying, fear-inducing…
About two weeks ago, I published a post saying that I was collecting a series of essays by caregivers on…
This is a long article, much longer than most but, because the content and the story are critical, I’ve not…
First, if you are offended easily by language or thoughts about language, this is the time to stop reading and…
A lot of spouses and partners who are caregivers for People with Dementia (PWD) or who are chronically y ill…
Each of us is unique both in him or herself and in reaction to the situations we all face at…
The other day one of my children asked why I write a blog about what seems to be, what must…