Look for them in the moments…

Christmas with dad I woke up from a strange yet comforting dream today. The message reverberated in my head as I tried to rub the sleep off my eyes. “Look for them in the day to day moments…”Right away, I knew what ”them” was referring to. Them, in the dream meant our loved ones who…

Grief and Gratefulness

Yesterday, January 22nd would have been my dad’s 91st birthday. I marked the day quietly, thinking of him and choosing to remember only the happy times we had. Dad around 1976 at the grounds of the American Cemetery in Fort Bonifacio Dad lived to the “ripe old age of 49.” I only had him in…

The Long Goodbye

One of the best books I have read about dementia and Alzheimer’s is “The Long Goodbye” by Patti Davis. Davis, the Reagan’s youngest daughter is a gifted writer. In the book she chronicles her family’s journey with her father, former President Ronald Reagan. It is such a moving and beautiful read that I have had…