Miriam Green
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What an amazing visit we had with Mom! My dad and I were allowed to visit with her together. I haven’t been with both my parents at the...
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Miriam Green
Jan 13, 20214 min read
God's Hidden Hand
God is watching out for me in this new year. On the first day of January 2021, I had arranged to interview someone for a freelance story...
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Miriam Green
Dec 30, 20203 min read
A Beautiful Morning
I finally saw Mom this week. It was such a pleasure to see her happy and smiling. She talked a mile a minute for about twenty minutes....
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Miriam Green
Dec 23, 20202 min read
Longings
I’m going to call Mom’s care facility soon to request an appointment to visit with her. It’s been so long since I’ve seen her. I do get...
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Miriam Green
Dec 16, 20204 min read
Vaccine!
We just got word that Mom may receive the Pfizer Corona vaccine as early as next week! This is truly a Chanukah miracle. The closer we...
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Miriam Green
Dec 2, 20203 min read
Shadow Games
Along with the physical and mental reawakening Mom has experienced with the change to her medications, she’s also become quite feisty....
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Miriam Green
Nov 25, 20204 min read
Thanks
We have the ability to look at a bleak situation and still find something to be thankful for.
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Miriam Green
Nov 18, 20203 min read
Hands Off
Now that my dad is over his cold, we’ve scheduled a visit at week’s end for him to see Mom. She continues to have periods of extreme...
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Miriam Green
Nov 11, 20203 min read
Complicated Liaison
I had a wonderful visit with Mom today. I really did. She was awake and enlivened. She asked who I was when she first saw me then...
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Miriam Green
Nov 4, 20203 min read
Inured to Alzheimer's
I finally saw Mom last week after a long period of separation. Because the care facility only assigns one weekly family visit per...
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Miriam Green
Oct 21, 20203 min read
A Moving Experience
When my parents moved to Beer Sheva from Netanya in 2017, the transition was very difficult for Mom. She never seemed to settle in their...
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Miriam Green
Oct 13, 20204 min read
Back in Business
My mom’s Alzheimer’s care facility is once again allowing visitors.
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Miriam Green
Sep 16, 20203 min read
Sorrow and Sweetness
I couldn’t bring myself to write last week. The conversations—if you can call them that—with Mom were just too depressing. Mom is...
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Miriam Green
Sep 2, 20203 min read
The Red Zone
Round two of worries to contend with. Two residents at Mom’s care facility have been taken to hospital after contracting COVID-19; four...
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Miriam Green
Aug 26, 20203 min read
String of Pearls
What an auspicious day! It’s my birthday! And we finally get to see Mom again, albeit with masks and social distancing. Our family...
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Miriam Green
Aug 19, 20204 min read
The Gift of Giving
I don’t know if it’s only the pandemic that is making my emotions ride the big roller coasters—taking me up and down on the ride of my...
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Miriam Green
Aug 12, 20202 min read
Fearing the Worst
I am so worried. We received word this week that the physiotherapist in Mom’s care facility was diagnosed with Corona. This is beyond...
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Miriam Green
Aug 5, 20202 min read
No News
Is it true that “No News is Good News?” This week, our interactions with Mom were difficult and depressing. We were unable to connect...
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Miriam Green
Jul 29, 20203 min read
Dislocation
We were gifted a rare interaction with Mom this week. When we called to video conference, Mom was alert and communicative. Though she...
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Miriam Green
Jul 21, 20203 min read
Corona Sucks
The good news is that Mom still reacts positively to personal interaction with the staff at her memory care facility. The bad news is...
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