About My Mother
A parent's decline into some form of dementia can be slow and not immediately clear to her children. Even while being helpless to slow the painful progression of such a decline, keeping our sense of humour about the related absurdities has helped us navigate what would otherwise be overwhelmingly tragic and depressing.
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T F
I thought this was a really great story! It makes me think of my Mom. She hasn't been diagnosed with anything like this that I know of, but does forget things and repeats herself alot. She lives with my brother and his family cause she has to be assisted
C M
As our parents age, we are bound to struggle with seeing the changes in them, as they come to need more help and become more vulnerable. It's hard not to be impatient sometimes, since we expect them to always be the way we have known them all our lives. A
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