Marriage is forever, isn’t it? But what happens when he is living in a nursing home, incapacitated and she is […]
No List At All?
Our list is long. The day is short. So many items get transferred to the next day’s list. Constant pressure. […]
Holding Tight
A web of relationships, tightly woven over decades. Strengthened with love and caring. Expanding in every direction. Ever increasing… more […]
On the Way to Work
She looked lonely. Just sitting there on a park bench with her attendant day after day. I stopped for a […]
Dementia: Us and Them
We all have met up, at some time or other, with people suffering from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. […]
Alzheimer’s: Color Me Black.
Malka* was enjoying a peaceful cup of coffee. Lunches were made for tomorrow. The laundry was in the drier and […]
Is That Mommy?!
Chavi* was a young teen. Two of her older brothers were away in Yeshiva and the rest of her siblings […]
Giving Again and Again and Again
When a person wakes up each day with the thought of how can I make things better for someone else, […]
When Mommy Becomes a Child
It’s frightening. You feel helpless. Your mother who took care of you as a child has become a child herself. […]
A Holocaust Survivor Reaches Out to Others
As one who went through the nightmare, Tziporah Abramowitz (77) is more capable than anyone else to connect to the […]