I’ve spent a lot of time at the hospital the past two weeks with my mom. Hospitals make me feel present. People staying there are in a bad way. They aren’t hiding they are in pain or having a very difficult time. They seem real and alive. It reminds me of when I was in […]
The storm
I’ve been up in Oregon for a week and a half with my mom while she’s in the hospital with Dementia. We’ve found an assisted living facility for her. We hope to move her in tomorrow. Being in the hospital is very confusing for her, and I hope she begins to feel better in the […]
My mom has dementia
My mom is sick. When I found out, I rush drove up from San Francisco to Oregon on Friday. What had happened was she had fallen and was confused and slurring her words. An ambulance took her to the hospital. When I got there the hospital staff told me she has dementia. I was surprised. […]
The glory of simple unnoticed things
When I was in college, I took a three month course in the Philippines. We stayed in the outskirts where it was difficult to get a lot of things. The most difficult item to find was hangers. I didn’t bring any hangers with me because I figured there would be hangers. I had a closet […]