This is Mother's Day, May 13, 2012. I wanted to post something different. My last post was about my mom being placed in a nursing home one year ago. This post is current. I will go back to where I left off on my next post.Today I spoke to my mom on the phone and I told her Happy ... Read more

Mom was pulled from her home and taken away by one of my sisters, who gained control of everything. I lost my rights as a daughter the day Renee got control. My other three sisters lost their rights, too. Its so sad, what happened to our family. Alzheimers changed all of us. We w... Read more

Please click here to read the first part of this blog post. I one point during this crisis, after Renee succeeded in getting the POA, I wrote her a letter and told her I will not come home to care for Mom. I said I will come home to visit her, but she may as well not expect me to... Read more

I went back home again in July and had a wonderful 10-day visit with Mom. Sure, there were the usual upsets and problems related to her dementia, but all in all it was a good visit. At times she seemed to like my boyfriend more than me. They bonded really well together. But when ... Read more

I know my last post was not so fun, and definitely was not a pleasant memory, but this is a much happier one. On that first trip back to see Mom after I moved, and either before or after the water incident I cant remember which, I thought it would be nice to take Mom for a drive ... Read more