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Chapter 26: Vacation Time! March 26, 2024 Our family members are big fans of the all-inclusive vacation concept…except for the fact that it seems to accelerate time.  How is it that seven days on the beach moves at warp speed while 7 days in -30 weather goes so slowly, you actually feel like you’re moving…

Chapter 25: First of the Firsts September 21, 2025 Today is…just the first of many difficult days that we are going to have to learn how to manage through.   It’s my sister’s birthday.  And for the first time since she moved away over 20 years ago, mom won’t be the first person to call her…

Chapter 24: Project Keep Busy March 3, 2024 Today is dad’s 75th birthday!  Originally, I had planned a surprise dinner with two of his good friends, but they ended up getting sick, so it was just us six as usual.  Thought that counts, I hope?  Anyway, after the dinner and cake festivities, I had a…

Chapter 23: Sad Playlist September 20, 2025 I had some downtime today – very unusual for a Saturday when I am generally engaged in my role as professional chauffeur to my kids who need to get to activities. At any rate, I had an idea – not sure if it is weird, morbid, or totally…

Chapter 22: Proactive Memory Preservation February 2024 Today is a Sunday and so mom and dad are here as usual for dinner.  Normally they arrive while we’re still trying to prepare everything and since Monday is a school day, it’s always a rush to get everyone fed on time so we can continue without interruption…

Chapter 21: Grief Circles September 19, 2025 I didn’t like the way today started.  I woke up in the middle of a dream…in which mom was dead.  I’m not sure exactly sure where I was (it definitely wasn’t my house), but I can still see the image in my mind very clearly.  There is a…

Chapter 20: The New Routine January 2024 I made a pretty big move a few months ago – I left my full-time executive job right at my 20th anniversary of service with the organization and have gone back into the world of consulting.   There were a lot of factors playing into this decision, but no…

Chapter 19: Back to…Normal? September 9, 2025 Well, all of the out of town guests have now left and we’re firmly back into the school year routine so…I guess it’s time to get back to work.  Back to “normal.”  Whatever that means from this point forward. I’m not entirely sure what to do.  On the…

Chapter 18: Living with a Diagnosis August 2023 It’s been about two months since mom was officially diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment.  After all of the tests this spring, my family doctor called to ask to see mom.  I went with her for that appointment where he explained that all of the scans came back…

Chapter 17: Right on Schedule September 6, 2025 Well, I did say that today was the first day I would be able to accommodate a personal breakdown.  So I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that it happened. And in quite the spectacular manner. Most of the out of town guests left either last night or…