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THE HUMOR OF ALZHEIMER’S
“There’s nothing funny about Alzheimer’s,” the woman in the audience told me. “It’s just awful–every single part of it–just awful.” As I recall I had just shared some funny moments my husband and I had spent with my grandmother who had Alzheimer’s for the 13 years she lived in our home. Keep in mind, I… Read more
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SIX YEAR-OLD SHARES SECRET OF LIFE
“I was raised by a grandmother who believed you should put your heart in the moment. She never looked back or too far forward and it drove me crazy……….. Read more
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IF YOU CAN’T LAUGH ABOUT IT, YOU’LL JUST CRY
“30 years ago I saw myself on TV for the first time and was absolutely floored. It had nothing to do with my ill-fitting outfit or the strange way I had done my hair with barrettes that stuck out at weird angles…I never stopped smiling.” Read more
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HELEN HUDSON HERE: BABY BOOMER SANDWICH ON WRY
“but who would ever have guessed that those barefoot, pot smoking, long-haired, free love children would find themselves so ‘un’free 40 years later?” Read more
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CATS MAY HAVE NINE LIVES—WE DON’T
“My mother got that dementia thing,” he told me. “Put her in a home and that was that. Don’t know what all the fuss is about. You can put ’em anywhere. Doesn’t matter. They don’t know where they are anyway.” Read more
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THE “A” WORD
“She kissed tomatoes in the market, talked to the TV set when it wasn’t on and covered everything in our house with Kleenex.” Read more
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CAREGIVERS, UNSUNG YET SINGING
“Because she had no memory, we often told her it was our birthday simply to have the joy of hearing her sing that familiar refrain to us.” Read more
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ALZHEIMER’S AND “KISSING TOMATOES”
Our elders have given us EVERYTHING and yet we abandon them in their last chapter. Our babies, while precious and sacrosanct, have yet to offer us anything. Read more
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AGEFULLY AGING 