July 19, 2022 (I think). Oh, the confusion. Just out of bed with a dream still in my head. Not a good dream…but damn—now it too, is already gone! Oh these ‘lapses’ are so frustrating! Clock says it is 7:05 but it seems like the end of a day, like I’ve been up all day…
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My memory is fading so fast these days
June 23, 2022 Oh darn! I had started a post on my computer and then unintentionally deleted it. This happens quite often and is so, so frustrating, because I can’t recall what I wrote even though it was just minutes ago. Now I’m emailing a post to myself, hoping I will be able to retrieve it if necessary….
I can only guess why I haven’t written in a while
May 26, 2022 Keith just reminded me that I hadn’t written a post in a while. I thought I had done so, but sure enough as I looked back, I really haven’t written lately. I can only guess at why not, because I surely can’t remember why I hadn’t done so. Perhaps it is because…
Spring thoughts
April 24, 2022 I’m confused about my dates of posting, but I’ll let it go and write this one anyway. It’s 8:30am and I’ve been up for at least an hour or longer. With the longer days, earlier sunrises, I just can’t sleep in. Yet I have nothing to do: to fill my time, to…
Language matters: thoughts on Mom’s diagnoses {written by Beth}
The last time you heard from me was two and a half years ago (see An absurd question from October 2019.) Mom has shared lately that it has become much harder for her to keep track of what she has written, and writing itself has become tiring. So when I offered to start sharing more…
An email to a friend
This post is inspired by an email I wrote recently to a close friend. It seems I’m getting ‘tired’ of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s, along with knowing I will not get better—only worse. My ego reminds me of ‘what I was’ and the other side of that ego reminds me of ‘what I no longer…