Tag: memory care
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Memories my mother never mentioned…
Between the ages of 6 and 19, I moved often. When I was in fourth grade, my family lived in one house for just three months before abruptly moving to another for an equally brief period. The reasons we moved were different—my fourth grade year, for instance, high rent necessitated the first move while the […]
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Mom’s move to memory care…
My mom became a perfect square this year: 81. I envisioned throwing a Pinterest-worthy birthday party, where we decorated in squares, dressed as squares, ate square-shaped food, and framed photos of my mom during her other perfectly square years (1, 4, 9, 16, 25, etc.). It would have been a lot of work—and she wouldn’t […]